# NTSB LAX00LA211: Piper PA-28-140, N6349W, Long Beach, CA, May 31, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: May 31, 2000, 15:36 local (22:36 UTC) - Place: Long Beach, CA - Coordinates: 33.817779, -118.151664 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8178&lon=-118.1517&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 2 minor - Status: Completed, report December 6, 2002 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 49325 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX00LA211 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/49325/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA211 ## Probable cause The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff and his subsequent failure to relinquish control of the airplane. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run - directional control - not maintained, dual student (cause) - relinquishing of control - not performed, dual student (cause) - Nose over, takeoff - aborted - landing gear,nose gear - overload ## Analysis The airplane veered off the runway during the takeoff phase of a touch-and-go. The flight instructor noticed the plane veering and told the student to correct it with left rudder. When the student did not correct for the drift, the flight instructor tried to take over, but the student would not relinquish the controls. The airplane veered off the runway, and the nose gear subsequently collapsed and the airplane came to rest inverted. ## Factual narrative On May 31, 2000, at 1536 hours Pacific daylight time, Piper PA-28-140, N6349W, overran the runway and nosed over while taking off at Long Beach, California. The aircraft sustained substantial damage and the certificated flight instructor and student pilot received minor injuries. The aircraft was being operated as an instructional flight by Ray's Flying Club, Inc., under 14 CFR Part 91 when the accident occurred. The flight originated at Fullerton, California, at 1420. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The instructor reported that he and the student had completed the landing portion of a touch-and-go takeoff and landing on runway 25L. He now planned to depart the area and told the student to add power for takeoff. As the aircraft speed increased, he noted that the aircraft was drifting to the right. He told the student to correct with left rudder. When the drift continued, he attempted to take over the controls but the student did not relinquish the controls and the flight instructor was unable to override his control input. The aircraft continued off the right side of the runway, the nose gear collapsed, and the aircraft nosed over, coming to rest in an inverted attitude. Winds at Daugherty Field were reported as 190 degrees at 10 knots. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N6349W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6349W-2012-07-24), registration cancelled 2012-07-24, S/N 28-20407, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Piper PA-28-140 - Registry model: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 28-20407 - Airframe hours: 3148 - Engines: Lycoming O320 E2A 150 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Ray'S Flying Club, Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: FUL, FULLERTON, CA - Destination: LGB, Long Beach, CA - Airport: LBG, Long Beach, runway 250, 5,420 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 31; injuries: minor; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review May 30, 2000; seat: right; flight hours: 610 total, 22 in this make and model, 517 as pilot in command, 222 in the last 90 days, 97 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours - Student pilot; age 32; injuries: minor; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 18 total, 2 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 190° at 10 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 57 °F - Altimeter: 29.86 inHg - Observed at: LGB ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20000531013379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000531013379A), May 31, 2000: Piper PA28140, Long Beach, CA, No damage. (-23) On may 31 the CFI, with a student, was conducting touch and go manuevers on 25L at Long Beach airport. On the third time around control of the aircraft… ## Other investigations on N6349W (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB DEN65D0061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN65D0061), Apr 16, 1965: Piper PA-28 (N6349W), Yuma, AZ, substantial damage From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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