Piper PA-28-180 N3428R

Summary

On 15 October 2005 at about 23:55 local time, a Piper PA-28-180 registered N3428R was involved in an accident near Imperial, Nebraska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

15 October 2005 at 23:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Imperial, Nebraska, United States

Coordinates

40.5103, -101.6200

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-180

Registration

N3428R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Imperial → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI06CA035

Nobody was injured.

The pilot not maintaining airplane control during the takeoff.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane piloted by a student pilot, sustained substantial damage when the airplane impacted terrain following a loss of airplane control during takeoff. The student pilot's accident report stated, "A few feet into take off, shortly into take off a gust of wind/cross wind hit from the north, lifting the right wing off the ground causing the plane to bicycle to the left. (south) When I realized the airplane was out of control I turned off the fuel pump, turned off fuel to idle [and] set the mixture to lean, then reached up to have exit door ready for exit. The airplane came to a sudden stop in soft dirt which broke the front nose gear [and] bent the prop [and] the left wing struck a fence post which paralleled the runway."

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.