Piper PA-28-161 N434K

Summary

On 16 June 2011 at about 18:00 local time, a Piper PA-28-161 registered N434K, operated by Oxford Airline Training Center Inc, was involved in an accident near Goodyear, Arizona, United States. 3 people were 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

16 June 2011 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Goodyear, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Goodyear Airport (KGYR)

Coordinates

33.7000, -112.6167

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-161

Registration

N434K

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Oxford Airline Training Center Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Goodyear → Goodyear

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR11CA298

Nobody was injured.

The flight instructor's delayed remedial action and failure to maintain lateral control.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The certified flight instructor and his student were performing a soft field take off. He reported that while in ground effect after lift off the student was not applying sufficient right rudder to offset wind drift and the left turning tendency of the airplane due to P-factor and torque. As the airplane drifted to the left side of the runway, the flight instructor took over the flight controls. The flight instructor commented that he dropped the nose of the airplane to attain flying speed and inadvertently touched down on the left side of the runway. He then proceeded to takeoff and fly the lesson with the student. After returning to the airport at completion of the flight lesson, a visual inspection found that the right wing tip and aileron sustained substantial damage. According to an eyewitness, the right wing of the airplane appeared to have struck the ground when the airplane touched down. The pilots reported no mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.