- Date
- August 21, 2009, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Glendale, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N424PAPiper PA28
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 2009
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration FSDO
- FAA report
- 20090821013349A
- Case key
- 74568
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The student pilot was on his first solo flight. He reported that the airplane touched down on the runway centerline, but then quickly veered to the right. He tried to correct with left brake, however the airplane continued off the runway and collided with a taxiway sign. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing, fuselage, and stabilator. The pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane at the time.
Factual narrative
The student pilot was on his first solo flight. He reported that the airplane touched down on centerline, but then quickly veered to the right. He tried to correct with left brake; however, the airplane continued off the runway, and collided with a taxiway sign. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing, fuselage, and stabilator. The pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane at the time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N424PA
- Reported as
- Piper PA28 (181)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2843468
- Airframe hours
- 9,643
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Trans Pac Aviation Academy
- Registered owner
- Bird Acquisition LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · July 26, 2009 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- GEU · Glendale, AZ
- Destination
- GEU · Glendale, AZ
- Airport
- GEU · Glendale, runway 19, 7,150 × 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
- 23
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 30 total · 30 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.87 inHg
- Observed at
- KGEU
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 28, 2009, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 645 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.