Piper PA28 N6412W

Summary

On 28 March 2019 at about 13:00 local time, a Piper PA28 registered N6412W, operated by Flying Otter Aviation Llc, was involved in an accident near Winder, Georgia, 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

28 March 2019 at 13:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Winder, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

Barrow County (WDR)

Coordinates

33.9828, -83.6672

Aircraft

Piper PA28

Registration

N6412W

Category

Airplane

Year built

1964

Engines

1

Operator

Flying Otter Aviation Llc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Winder → Winder

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA19CA289

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot’s loss of airplane control, the flight instructor's delayed remedial action, and the student's delay in relinquishing the flight controls, which resulted in the airplane striking a runway sign during a go-around.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

During an instructional flight, the student pilot and flight instructor planned to stay in the traffic pattern to practice touch-and-go landings. During the third approach and just before the landing flare, the airplane began to drift to the right side of the runway. The instructor noticed that the student was cross controlling with the airplane's nose pointed right. He took over the controls and initiated a go-around, but the student did not immediately remove his feet from the rudder pedals, which made the instructor's control inputs "less effective." While still airborne, the airplane struck a runway sign. The instructor continued the go-around and landed without further incident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The instructor reported that the flight controls were "free and correct" and that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.