- Date
- August 24, 1983, 19:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Endicott, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6003WPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830824048749A
- Case key
- 35261
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was on a solo flt, practicing touch-and-go landings. While on a landing roll, the acft veered to the left. The student stated that he applied right rudder, but the acft continued to the left. Reportedly, the student applied brakes to stop, but advanced the throttle for aprx 400 ft. subsequently, the acft struck t-hangar. A Cessna 177, N3401T, which was parked inside the hangar, was also damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6003W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-20003
- Airframe hours
- 1,710
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Kenneth J. Erdman
- Registered owner
- Triple Cities Flying Svc. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · October 8, 1982 · 52 hours before
- Departed
- Endicott, NY
- Airport
- N17 · Tri-Cities, runway 3, 3,500 × 100 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17 total · 17 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.