- Date
- March 21, 1994, 10:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- New Richmond, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7812WPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940321010529A
- Case key
- 9494
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Probable cause
the failure of the pilot to maintain directional control.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The solo student pilot was attempting a full-stop landing. He lost directional control during landing roll and departed the runway. During the runway departure the nose landing gear was broken off and the right wing was substantially damaged.
Factual narrative
On March 21, 1994, at 1015 central standard time, Piper PA-28- 180, N7812W, sustained substantial damage when the solo student pilot lost directional control and departed runway 14 during landing roll at the New Richmond Municipal Airport, New Richmond, Wisconsin. The solo instructional flight, conducted under 14 CFR Part 91, originated at the Lake Elmo Airport, St. Paul, Minnesota, at 0945. No flight plan was filed, and visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time.
The student pilot reported: "...when I touched down the left wing picked up and I must have overcorrected because the plane went up on the right wing tip and started left headed off the runway..." The airplane departed the runway and the nose landing gear strut broke off.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7812W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-1820
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lupelow, Robert C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Special, Provisional (Special)
- Departed
- 21D · Lake Elmo, MN
- Airport
- RNH · New Richmond Muni, runway 14, 4,003 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 91 total · 62 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STP, 28 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.