- Date
- September 14, 1986, 15:05 local (22:05 UTC)
- Place
- El Monte, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5066ZPiper PA-22-108
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860914045019A
- Case key
- 25257
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft rolled to the right as the student pilot and his instructor neared the runway. The instructor took the controls and the acft continued the right turn. The acft impacted storage buildings approximately 300 feet to the right of the rwy. A business jet landed on same rwy 3 minutes and 40 seconds prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5066Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-108
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 228694
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1B, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Darrel E.,Fulbright,Steven D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Departed
- EMT · El Monte, CA
- Destination
- EMT · El Monte, CA
- Airport
- EMT · El Monte, runway 19, 3,995 × 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,138 total · 4 in this make and model · 1,891 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EMT, 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.
Other investigations on N5066Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.