- Date
- February 7, 1982, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Prosser, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8280WPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820207003549A
- Case key
- 72316
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Analysis
After returning from a local flight, the student pilot landed on runway 25. The wind was from 090 degrees at 5 knots. The landing was without difficulty until the nosewheel touched down, then the aircraft veered left. The pilot reported that he corrected with the right rudder, over corrected, then over corrected with the left rudder. The plane departed the runway and hit a ditch. The nose gear failed, the left wing was dented, and there was minor damage to the prop and cowling.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8280W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 282437
- Airframe hours
- 1,419
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- John A. Macy
- Registered owner
- John A. Macy
- Departed
- S40 · Prosser, WA
- Destination
- S40 · Prosser, WA
- Airport
- S40 · George O. Beardsley Field, runway 25, 3,450 × 60 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 16 total · 16 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 122 °F
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 N8280W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.