# NTSB NYC06CA093: Piper PA-28-161, N4359D, Norwood, MA, April 11, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: April 11, 2006, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Norwood, MA
- Coordinates: 42.190277, -71.172775
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1903&lon=-71.1728&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 29, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 63484
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC06CA093
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63484/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA093

## Probable cause

The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing rollout.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

The student pilot was conducting a local flight in the traffic pattern.  During the landing rollout, the airplane departed the left side of the runway striking an airport sign, a runway light, and a taxiway light.  The student pilot reported no anomalies with the airplane, and the winds about the time of the accident were 100 degrees from the left at 6 knots.

## Factual narrative

According to the student pilot, he was conducting a local flight in the traffic pattern.  During the landing rollout, the airplane departed the left side of the runway striking an airport sign, a runway light, and a taxiway light.  The student pilot reported no anomalies with the airplane, and the winds about the time of the accident were 100 degrees from the left at 6 knots.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4359D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4359D-2016-12-08), registration cancelled 2016-12-08, S/N 28-8416089, built 1984 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA-28-161
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-161](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (registry code 7102803) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-8416089
- Engines: Lycoming O-320 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: ADS Aircraft Management Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Departed: OWD, Norwood, MA
- Destination: OWD
- Airport: OWD, Norwood Memorial Airport, runway 35

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; student; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review April 1, 2006; flight hours: 105 total, 105 in this make and model, 3 as pilot in command, 13 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20060411008389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060411008389A), Apr 11, 2006: Piper PA28161, Norwood, MA, Substantial damage. (-23) N4359D, PA-28-161, Piper warrior, VFR, landed hot and long at Norwood, MA, on runway 35 and lost control of the aircraft. The aircraft veered left across…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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