- Date
- October 6, 2021, 17:30 local (Oct 7, 2021, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Albany, OR · Airport Environment
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N98241Piper PA-28-140
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- Case key
- 104092
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff.
Findings · 3
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
During the takeoff roll the student pilot lost directional control of the airplane which, resulted in a runway excursion and collision with wet terrain. The right wing was substantially damaged. The student pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98241
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-26129
- Built
- 1969
- Airframe hours
- 7,464.92
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lh Investments Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 15, 2021
- Airport
- S12 · Albany Muni, runway 16/34, 3,004 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B
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
- Student pilot
- Age
- 33
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 21.1 total · 21.1 in this make and model · 21.1 in the last 90 days · 21.1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.14 inHg
- Observed at
- CVO, 12 nm away
- METAR
- KCVO 062356Z AUTO 29007KT 10SM OVC065 13/11 A3014 RMK AO2 RAB00E34 SLP207 6//// T01330106 10161 20122 58003 PNO $
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 19, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.0 MB in all.