- Date
- February 1, 2000, 16:09 local (Feb 2, 2000, 00:09 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Barbara, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N32258Piper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000201000489A
- Case key
- 48579
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Probable cause
The dual student's loss of directional control and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight.
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 flight instructor stated that they were planning to practice touch-and go landings. The student pilot had already performed one touch-and-go, which the flight instructor described as 'normal.' According to the flight instructor, during the accident sequence, the airplane had already touched down when it suddenly veered off to the left side of the runway. He said he took control of the airplane, but before he could regain directional control, it struck a series of three taxiway signs, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing and collapsing the left landing gear.
Factual narrative
On February 1, 2000, at 1609 hours Pacific standard time, a Piper PA-28-180, N32258, veered off the runway during landing at Santa Barbara, California, airport and subsequently struck three sets of taxiway signs. The airplane, operated by Spitfire Aviation of Santa Barbara, sustained substantial damage. The flight instructor and student pilot were not injured. The instructional flight was operating under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 when the accident occurred. The local area flight had departed from Santa Barbara at 1545. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident and no flight plan was filed.
The flight instructor stated that they were planning on practicing touch-and go landings. The student pilot had already performed one touch-and-go, which the flight instructor described as "normal." According to the flight instructor, during the accident sequence, the airplane had already touched down when it suddenly veered off to the left side of the runway. He said he took control of the airplane, but before he could regain directional control, it struck a series of three taxiway signs, causing substantial damage to the left wing and collapsing the left landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32258
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7505043
- Airframe hours
- 5,116
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Spitfire Aviation
- Registered owner
- John Maienza/Greg Wilson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 9, 1994 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- SBA
- Airport
- KSBA · Santa Barbara, runway 15L, 4,179 × 75 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,160 total · 65 in this make and model · 1,060 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 90 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KSB, 1 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.