- Date
- May 31, 1984, 18:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place
- Ferriday, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5977WPiper PA-28-160
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840531020549A
- Case key
- 21358
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Upon landing the acft traveled off the side of the airstrip and nosed over in a small ditch. The student plt was not endorsed by a CFI for landing at this airstrip while on the x-country flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5977W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-4054
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Scriven L. Bernard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MLU · Monroe, LA
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
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 30 total · 30 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCB, 68 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.
Other investigations on N5977W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.