- Date
- January 10, 1991, 11:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Ramona, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8309HPiper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910110003519A
- Case key
- 27091
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during an attempted takeoff. A contributing factor was related to the student's improper use of rudder 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.
Analysis
The student pilot had successfully made two practice takeoffs and landings on a 150-foot wide by 4,000-foot long runway. During the pilot's third attempted takeoff the airplane veered off the side of the runway and collided with a small hill. The student reported that while rolling for takeoff he had attempted to correct the airplane's course by applying 'more than normal' rudder pressure, but he was not successful. The airplane was examined and its brakes and flight controls were found capable of functioning normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8309H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 288390014
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Four Winds Aviation
- Airport
- L39 · Ramona, runway 27, 4,000 × 150 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 83 total · 80 in this make and model · 22 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °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.