- Date
- June 11, 1988, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lehighton, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N44699Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880611019819A
- Case key
- 36167
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot, on his third solo, experienced a loss of directional control during a go-around and settled into low trees and brush on the south side of the runway. The pilot reported the winds as calm. He stated that the left main wheel went off the left side of the runway into grass and that directional control was never regained.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44699
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-74254400
- Airframe hours
- 5,029
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Arner Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 7, 1988 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- 22N · Lehighton, PA
- Destination
- 22N
- Airport
- 22N · John Arner, runway 26, 3,000 × 50 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.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 29 total · 29 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N44699 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.