- Date
- April 23, 1982, 18:10 local (Apr 24, 1982, 02:10 UTC)
- Place
- Live Oak, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7060RPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820423011019A
- Case key
- 71450
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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 student pilot was indorsed to fly solo in the Piper PA-38 aircraft, but reported no previous flight time in a Piper PA-28. Reportedly, he took off to practice touch and go landings. The student stated that the right wheel locked after the fourth landing and pulled the airplane toward a ditch. Subsequently, the aircraft was damaged when it collided with the ditch. The student believed that there was a problem with the right brake.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7060R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21760
- Airframe hours
- 5,024
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Harry J. Frank
- Registered owner
- Harry J. Frank
- Departed
- Live Oak, CA
- Destination
- Live Oak, CA
- Airport
- Sutter Butte Dusters, runway 18, 2,500 × 0 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 17 total · 17 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 145 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.