- Date
- December 16, 1989, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Placerville, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3266MPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891216051399A
- Case key
- 26705
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control.
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
On ground/water collision with object
Analysis
The student pilot lost control of the aircraft during a touch and go landing while bending down to raise the flaps.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3266M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12-2150
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Stancil Aviation Ent.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airport
- PVF · Placerville, runway 23, 4,200 × 75 ft, asphalt
N3266MRegistration cancelled Jul 12, 2018 · Piper PA-12Airframe modelPiper PA-12Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 81 total · 12 in this make and model · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.