- Date
- May 13, 1982, 19:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- North Andover, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N15878Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820513015659A
- Case key
- 72031
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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
During landing the aircraft bounced and touched down on the center of runway 05. When the nosewheel was lowered the aircraft swerved to the right. According to the pilot, manipulation of the rudder pedals failed to change the direction or rate of turn of the aircraft which ran off the runway into a drainage ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15878
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7325185
- Airframe hours
- 2,030
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- George Graham
- Registered owner
- George Graham
- Departed
- LWM · North Andover, MA
- Destination
- LWM · North Andover, MA
- Airport
- LWM · Lawrence, runway 5, 5,000 × 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 24 total · 23 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.