- Date
- April 8, 1994, 15:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place
- Boca Raton, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N32056Piper PA-28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 18, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940408000129A
- Case key
- 37523
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Probable cause
The failure of the dual student to maintain directional control during landing and the failure of the flight instructor to properly supervise the dual student and take corrective action in a timely manner.
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
While performing a touch-and-go landing the dual student was flying the aircraft. The aircraft drifted to the left on approach and touched down on the left side of the runway. After touch down the aircraft drifted further to the left and ran off the runway. The flight instructor took control, but before the aircraft could be stopped it collided with a sign.
Factual narrative
On April, 8, 1994, about 1550 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-28-151, N32056, registered to Professional Flight Training Inc., ran off the runway and collided with a sign while performing a touch-and-go landing at Boca Raton Airport, Boca Raton, Florida, while on a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was substantially damaged and the commercial-rated instructor and dual student were not injured. The flight originated at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on April 8, 1994, about 1530.
The flight instructor stated that the student pilot was performing a touch-and-go landing. On approach the aircraft drifted to the left. As the main wheels touched the aircraft drifted "hard and quickly" to the left. He took control as the aircraft ran off the runway. As he was attempting to stop the aircraft it collided with a sign.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32056
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7515056
- Airframe hours
- 4,550
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- P. F. T. , Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 24, 1994 · 65 hours before
- Airport
- BCT · Boca Raton, runway 5, 5,197 × 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
- 31
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,466 total · 700 in this make and model · 1,380 as pilot in command · 460 in the last 90 days · 110 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.