Piper PA-28-161 N220ND
29 May 2008 · Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 29 May 2008 at about 15:00 local time, a Piper PA-28-161 registered N220ND was involved in an accident near Grand Forks, North Dakota, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 15:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
- Coordinates
- 47.9597, -97.1825
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28-161
- Registration
- N220ND
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Grand Forks → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI08CA142
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full 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.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-28 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan 2008 | Piper PA 28-180 | Sonoma, California, United States | Timothy Bennett | No injuries | - |
| 6 Jan 2008 | Piper PA-28-161 | Miami, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Oct 2008 | Piper PA-28-161 | Crookston, Minnesota, United States | UND Aerospace Foundation | No injuries | - |
| 12 Dec 2008 | Piper PA-28-235 | New Bern, North Carolina, United States | A & M Aero Inc | No injuries | - |
| 15 Mar 2008 | Piper PA-28-181 | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | Pan AM International Flight Academy | No injuries | - |
| 19 Dec 2008 | Piper PA-28-140 | Kapolei, Hawaii, United States | Offshore Flight School Inc | Serious injuries | - |
All 9,402 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Jun 2008 | Cessna 172C | Nortonville, North Dakota, United States | Duane A. Sand | Minor injuries | - |
| 21 Jul 2008 | Grumman G-164D | Esmond, North Dakota, United States | Erickson Aerial Spraying LLC | Minor injuries | - |
| 5 Aug 2008 | Robinson R22 BETA | Buffalo, North Dakota, United States | Strategic Air, LLC. | No injuries | - |
| 11 Apr 2008 | Cessna 172K | Roseglen, North Dakota, United States | Jeremy Rustad | Fatal | 2 |
| 5 Dec 2008 | Rockwell 500-S | Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States | United States Department of Commerce | No injuries | - |
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