- Date
- October 19, 1988, 11:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place
- Petaluma, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6184HPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881019046729A
- Case key
- 26276
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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
During a telephone interview, the pilot stated that she was attempting a touch and go landing when the airplane landed hard on its nosewheel. She lost directional control and the airplane collided with a hangar. There were no problems with the nosewheel steering mechanism during four touch and go landings prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6184H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287816233
- Airframe hours
- 850
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Therrien, Ed
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 13, 1988 · 5 hours before
- Airport
- 069 · Petaluma, runway 29, 3,600 × 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 45 total · 45 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STS
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 N6184H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.