Aviat A-1A N56TA

Summary

On 22 September 2024 at about 00:30 local time, a Aviat A-1A registered N56TA was involved in an accident near Taft, California, 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.

Date

22 September 2024 at 00:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Taft, California, United States

Nearest airport

Pvt (na)

Coordinates

35.1535, -119.2297

Aircraft

Aviat A-1A

Registration

N56TA

Category

Airplane

Year built

1998

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Shafter → Taft

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR24LA316

Nobody was injured.

The pilot receiving instruction’s failure to maintain directional control during landing roll and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

During an instructional flight, the flight instructor and pilot undergoing instruction (student) performed multiple landings at an airport without incident before heading to the student’s private dirt airstrip. Upon arriving at the airstrip, the instructor demonstrated one landing. The student performed the second landing, and during the landing roll, the airplane began to veer to the right. Both the student and flight instructor applied the left rudder and brake in an attempt to correct back to the airstrip; however, the airplane continued to veer off the right side of the airstrip, where it struck a dirt mound and came to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right side of the fuselage and tail sections. A postaccident examination of the brake system revealed no evidence of any preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. Both pilots reported that the wind was calm at the time of the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.