- Date
- May 11, 1993, 17:05 local (23:05 UTC)
- Place
- Watkins, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7198YPiper PA-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 18, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930511013289A
- Case key
- 18285
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Probable cause
The student's failure to maintain proper touchdown alignment, and the instructor pilot's inadequate supervision.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The instructor pilot said the airplane touched down 3 to 5 degrees nose right of the runway centerline, and he told the instructor trainee to apply left rudder. The rudder pedal did not move. The instructor pilot also applied left rudder and got the same result. As the airplane started to go off the side of the runway, the instructor pilot applied full power. The airplane became airborne for approximately 1,000 ft, then began to stall and roll. To avoid striking the ground in a banked attitude, the instructor pilot retarded the throttles and levelled the wings. The right wing struck the airport's segmented circle, spun to the right, and skidded to a halt. Post accident examination of the rudder control system did not disclose any malfunction or failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7198Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30-222
- Airframe hours
- 4,118
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-B1A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gbn Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 5, 1993 · 75 hours before
- Departed
- 01V · Aurora, CO
- Destination
- FTG
- Airport
- FTG · Front Range, runway 26, 8,000 × 100 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
- 25
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,460 total · 95 in this make and model · 1,400 as pilot in command · 160 in the last 90 days · 68 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.