Piper PA28-180 N4814L
20 December 2007 · Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 20 December 2007 at about 13:20 local time, a Piper PA28-180 registered N4814L was involved in an accident near Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, 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 13:20
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States
- Nearest airport
- Wings Field (LOM)
- Coordinates
- 40.1344, -75.2764
- Aircraft
- Piper PA28-180
- Registration
- N4814L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Blue Bell → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- NYC08CA066
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The solo student pilot of the Piper PA28 stated that he applied left rudder to compensate for a "slight" left crosswind while on approach to land on Runway 06. At touchdown, having "never let off left rudder," the airplane departed the left side of the runway and struck a culvert and two signs. A post flight inspection revealed damage to the propeller, nose landing gear, and firewall. The student pilot reported 78 total hours of flight experience, 31 hours in make and model, and reported no deficiencies with the performance and handling of the airplane. At the time of the accident, the winds reported at the airport were from 280 degrees at 3 knots.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA28 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Aug 2007 | Piper PA28-140 | Front Royal, Virginia, United States | James Allen Winget | No injuries | - |
| 28 Mar 2007 | Piper PA28-181 | Amman, Jordan | Royal Jordanian Air Academy | Unknown | - |
| 7 May 2007 | Piper PA28-235 | San Jose, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 3 Oct 2007 | Piper PA28-161 | Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Sep 2007 | Piper PA28-161 | William-Sodus, New York, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 2 Apr 2007 | Piper PA28-181 | New Tazewell, Tennessee, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Dec 2007 | Cessna CITATION 510 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | Stjepan Ban | No injuries | - |
| 7 Jul 2007 | Piper PA-20-135 | State College, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Sep 2007 | Taylorcraft BC12-D | Atlantic, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 3 Mar 2007 | Schweizer 269-C | Columbus, Pennsylvania, United States | William D. Fritz | Minor injuries | - |
| 14 Jul 2007 | Burkhart Grob Flugzeugbau G102 ASTIR CS | Unionville, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 16 Jul 2007 | Piper PA-28-140 | E.Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |