- Date
- July 13, 1989, 14:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Granite, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N23414Piper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890713022409A
- Case key
- 22897
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Probable cause
The pilot did not maintain directional control.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot stated he experienced a moderate nose wheel shimmy on takeoff roll and lifted off prematurely. At that point he lost directional control and ran off the left side of the runway. The airplane struck a fence, 30 feet off the side of the runway. The airplane came to a stop 100 feet off the side of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23414
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-81A0095
- Airframe hours
- 2,507
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2A, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Micheal T. Worrell
- Registered owner
- Wim H. Wetzel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 31, 1989 · 41 hours before
- Departed
- AXS
- Airport
- F19 · Joe Harp Filed, runway 17, 2,600 × 55 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16 total · 16 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.