- Date
- December 7, 1991, 16:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- New Roads, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3746APiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911207055749A
- Case key
- 18423
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Probable cause
The student pilot's loss of directional control and the resultant ground loop. Factors were the cfi's lack of supervision and the ditch adjacent to the runway.
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
During landing the student pilot developed a left drift which evolved into a ground loop. The tailwheel impacted a drainage ditch and muddy terrain off the left side of the runway. On previous flights, the instructor had flown from the left seat because the airplane did not have brake pedals installed for the right seat. Due to demonstrated competency by the student, the CFI had elected to occupy the right seat during the accident flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3746A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-1989
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert M. Brooks
- Registered owner
- Robert M. Brooks
- Airport
- LA30 · False River Air Park, runway 18, 4,999 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 6,213 total · 13 in this make and model · 4,834 as pilot in command · 125 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.