- Date
- June 16, 1992, 11:01 local (18:01 UTC)
- Place
- El Monte, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9279YPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920616020739A
- Case key
- 27649
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control and improper use of the brakes.
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 solo student pilot was practicing touch and go takeoffs and landings. On the third landing the student pilot planned to execute a full stop landing. Tower personnel reported the airplane skipped on touch down and then began to roll-out. Moments later the student pilot failed to maintain directional control and applied hard, uneven right braking and the airplane exited the right side of the runway and collided with a fence that parallels the runway. Examination of the brakes and tires disclosed no evidence of any preexisting locked brake condition. The rudder trim was offset to the right.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9279Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-8616039
- Airframe hours
- 2,499
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Pilot'S Co-Op Supplies
- Registered owner
- Balwinder Singh Sukhija
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 11, 1992 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- BUR · Burbank, CA
- Airport
- EMT · El Monte, runway 19, 3,995 × 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 38 total · 12 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.