Piper PA28 N8056N

Summary

On 29 November 2020 at about 15:50 local time, a Piper PA28 registered N8056N, operated by Pleasant Valley Aviation Inc, was involved in an accident near Bellefonte, 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.

Date

29 November 2020 at 15:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Bellefonte (N96)

Coordinates

40.8855, -77.8162

Aircraft

Piper PA28

Registration

N8056N

Category

Airplane

Year built

1969

Engines

1

Operator

Pleasant Valley Aviation Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bellefonte → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA21LA061

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing, which resulted in a runway excursion.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was conducting solo touch and go landings and on the fourth landing, the airplane was “blown” off the runway centerline on short final approach. She applied left rudder to return to the centerline, but upon touchdown, there was “…too much left rudder,” and the airplane veered to the left and departed the runway into the grass. The pilot did not apply brakes before impacting a gully and fence, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.