- Date
- August 19, 1987, 07:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place
- Ehrenberg, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5753HPiper PA-16
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870819045989A
- Case key
- 25667
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on a x-country flt, the student plt elected to land on a road aprx 12 mi short of his destn to 'check on a job.' He said he was familiar with the road & decided to make a straight-in apch w/o first flying over it to look for obstructions. After making an uneventful landing, the student saw a road sign ahead; however, he was unable to stop before the left wing tip hit the sign. The acft then veered to the left & hit a pile of broken concrete.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5753H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-16
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 16364
- Airframe hours
- 2,245
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kynn R. Davis
- Registered owner
- Jerry J. Marshall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 5, 1987 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- BXK · Buckeye, AZ
- Destination
- BLH · Blythe, CA
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
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 70 total · 34 in this make and model · 30 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BLH, 12 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.