Piper PA-28-150 N50GM

Summary

On 28 March 2008 at about 20:25 local time, a Piper PA-28-150 registered N50GM was involved in an accident near Mankato, Kansas, 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.

Date

28 March 2008 at 20:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Mankato, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Mankato (TKO)

Coordinates

39.1333, -98.0333

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-150

Registration

N50GM

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mankato → Mankato

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN08CA068

Nobody was injured.

the student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll. Contributing factors were the fence and trees.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

During the takeoff roll, the student pilot pulled back on the yoke to raise the nose wheel off the runway. He reported that "as the nose rose, I lost visual on the runway." The student pilot thought the main landing gear tires had lifted off the runway and he lowered the nose to increase speed in ground effect. He then realized the airplane had drifted off the right side of the runway. The airplane struck a fence and trees, and came to rest upright in a field.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.