Pilot Debrief

Piper PA28 near Bowling Green, OH — 2019-01-06

Final reportGAA19CA104
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Date
2019-01-06
Location
Bowling Green, OH, USA
Airport
1G0
Aircraft
Piper PA28
Registration
N282BG
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
None
Fatalities
0

Probable cause

The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control upon touchdown, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with a ditch.

NTSB narrative

The solo student pilot reported that, while on short final, the airplane was high, so she reduced the power to idle to descend. As she pulled back on the control yoke for the landing flare, the main landing wheels touched down first, and the airplane suddenly veered left. She corrected with right rudder control and then applied the toe brakes, but the airplane continued to veer left, exited the runway onto grass, and impacted a ditch. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right-wing aft spar. The student reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

NTSB coding

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