# NTSB LAX89LA012: Piper PA-28RT-201, N8162T, Concord, CA, October 8, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 8, 1988, 15:38 local (22:38 UTC)
- Place: Concord, CA
- Coordinates: 38.000545, -122.030509 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0005&lon=-122.0305&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 3, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 26271
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX89LA012
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/26271/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA012

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - remedial action - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - aircraft parked/standing (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE LANDING ROLL HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND VEERED LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE LEFT RUDDER WAS STUCK IN A FULLY DEFLECTED POSITION AND HIS ATTEMPT TO ADD RIGHT RUDDER WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE PILOT THEN APPLIED FULL POWER BUT, BEFORE BECOMING AIRBORNE, THE AIRPLANE WENT OFF THE RUNWAY AND CROSSED A GRASS DIVIDER AND TAXIWAY. THE AIRPLANE THEN ENTERED A RAMP AREA WHERE IT COLLIDED WITH AN UNOCCUPIED CESSNA 172. SUBSEQUENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE BY FAA INSPECTORS REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A MALFUNCTION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8162T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28RT-201 (PA-28RT-20)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28R8018043
- Airframe hours: 905
- Engines: LYCOMING TIO-360-C1C6 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Laurent Reboul
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 4, 1988, 90 hours before
- Departed: APC, NAPA, CA
- Destination: CCR, CONCORD, CA
- Airport: CCR, Concord Buchanan, runway 32, 2,800 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 66; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 2,103 total, 393 in this make and model, 1,563 as pilot in command, 46 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19881008046139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881008046139A), Oct 8, 1988: Piper PA28RT201, Concord, CA, Destroyed. Lost directional control on landing. Crossed taxiway gras s divider. Entered ramp area and struck a parked aircraft

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.

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