- Date
- January 22, 1989, 17:55 local (Jan 23, 1989, 00:55 UTC)
- Place
- Show Low, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8162WPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890122001139A
- Case key
- 26327
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Probable cause
Delayed retraction of flaps and the inadvertent application of left rudder due to diversion of attention resulting in the airplane's departure from the runway. A contributing factor was the inexperience of the student pilot.
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 lost directional control of the airplane during the takeoff roll. The student pilot stated that she had successfully completed her second touch and go landing and was beginning her third takeoff, when she remembered that she still had the airplane in a full flap configuration. She stated that she added power to continue the takeoff and lost directional control of the airplane when she reached down to retract the flaps. The airplane veered left of centerline, departed the runway and collided with a dirt bank. The student pilot stated that she may have stepped on the left rudder as she tried to retract the flaps. There were no reported mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane during the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8162W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-2279
- Airframe hours
- 4,318
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Ram Aero Co. Inc.
- Registered owner
- Ram Aero Company Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1988 · 67 hours before
- Airport
- SOW · Show Low, runway 24, 6,000 × 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
- 16 total · 16 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SOW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.