# NTSB CHI94LA119: Piper PA-28-180, N7812W, New Richmond, WI, March 21, 1994

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 21, 1994, 10:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place: New Richmond, WI
- Coordinates: 45.120967, -92.530387 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1210&lon=-92.5304&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 14, 1994
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 9494
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI94LA119
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/9494/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA119

## Probable cause

the failure of the pilot to maintain directional control.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7812W), registered now, S/N 28-1820, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (registry code 7102808) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-1820
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19940321010529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940321010529A), Mar 21, 1994: Piper PA28180, New Richmond, WI, Substantial damage. Student pilot lost control of aircraft in a gusting wind. Folded nose, bent engine mount. Bent firewall, wing tip.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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