Pilot Debrief

Piper PA-28-161 near Grand Forks, ND — 2008-05-29

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Date
2008-05-29
Location
Grand Forks, ND, USA
Aircraft
Piper PA-28-161
Registration
N220ND
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
None
Fatalities
0

Probable cause

The student pilot's failure to maintained directional control during the aborted landing. Contributing to the accident was the student pilot's total lack of experience in the type of airplane.

NTSB narrative

The student pilot completed a solo cross country flight and was landing at the destination airport when the airplane began to yaw "abruptly" to the left during roll out on runway 17 (3,900 feet by 75 feet, dry concrete). The winds were from 140 at 13 knots. The student pilot then attempted an aborted landing, but the airplane veered off the left side of the runway and impacted terrain. Substantial damage to the airplane included: buckled right wing spars, bent firewall, fuselage damage below the left windshield and side window, buckled empennage, and bent horizontal stabilizer.

NTSB coding

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