- Date
- September 30, 2007, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Indiana, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1839TPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20070930023739A
- Case key
- 66780
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing.
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 was conducting a touch-and-go landing in a Piper PA-28-140, on runway 28, a 4,001-foot-long, 75-foot-wide, asphalt runway. After touchdown, the airplane veered to the left. The student pilot applied right rudder and brake; however, the airplane continued off the left side of the runway, across a grass area, and came to rest in a small ravine. The airplane sustained damage to the right wing, firewall, and nose gear. Postaccident examination of the airplane did not reveal any mechanical malfunctions.
Factual narrative
The student pilot was conducting a touch-and-go landing in a Piper PA-28-140, on runway 28, a 4,001-foot-long, 75-foot-wide, asphalt runway. After touchdown, the airplane veered to the left. The student pilot applied right rudder and brake; however, the airplane continued off the left side of the runway, across a grass area, and came to rest in a small ravine. The airplane sustained damage to the right wing, firewall, and nose gear. Postaccident examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector did not reveal any mechanical malfunctions. Winds reported at the airport about 30 minutes before the accident, were from 170 degrees at 5 knots; however, the student pilot reported that she checked the automated weather observation via radio prior to landing, which reported winds from 140 degrees at 4 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1839T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7125262
- Airframe hours
- 5,509
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Haski Aviation Corp.
- Registered owner
- Bluewater Airmotive Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 2007
- Departed
- UCP · New Castle, PA
- Destination
- IDI · Indiana, PA
- Airport
- IDI · Indiana County, runway 28, 4,001 × 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
- Student pilot
- Age
- 49
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 83 total · 76 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.45 inHg
- Observed at
- IDI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.