Piper PA28 N5627W
2 March 2022 · Manassas, Virginia, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 2 March 2022 at about 23:05 local time, a Piper PA28 registered N5627W was involved in an accident near Manassas, Virginia, United States. 2 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.
The record
- Date
- at 23:05
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Manassas, Virginia, United States
- Nearest airport
- Manassas Regional Airport (HEF)
- Coordinates
- 38.7255, -77.5169
- Aircraft
- Piper PA28
- Registration
- N5627W
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1962
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA22LA143
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The student pilot’s improper left rudder input after power application during the touch-and-go landing which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with airport lighting equipment. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s inadequate supervision of the student.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The flight instructor reported that, during the takeoff portion of a touch-an-go landing, the student applied an “extreme amount” of left rudder and the airplane began to veer left and impacted a light with the wingtip, which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing. The instructor stated that he was not guarding the rudder pedals and attempted to assume control of the airplane, but the event happened very quickly and there was not enough time to correct and center the airplane over the runway. The instructor stated that during debriefing later, the student indicated that he lost control of the rudder. Post-accident inspection of the rudder flight control system by the Federal Aviation Administration revealed no evidence of preimpact failure or malfunction.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 30 Apr 2022 | Piper PA28 | Sioux Lookout Ontario, Canada | - | Fatal | 4 |
| 1 Aug 2022 | Piper PA28 | Sungai Pinji, Malaysia | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 18 Feb 2022 | Piper PA28 | La Condensa, Colombia | Protecnica Centro de Entrenamiento Aeronáutico | Serious injuries | - |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Dec 2022 | Foutz Robert V COZY MARK IV | Dublin, Virginia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| 13 Sep 2022 | William L Bell VANS RV-7A | Warrenton, Virginia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Sep 2022 | Piper PA32 | Afton, Virginia, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 22 Jun 2022 | Piper PA-28-140 | Manassas, Virginia, United States | Commonwealth Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 5 May 2022 | Charles R Kyle ZENITH STOL CH 701 | Culpepper, Virginia, United States | - | No injuries | - |