ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 215353
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| Date: | Thursday 13 September 2018 |
| Time: | 08:30 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N7223J |
| MSN: | 28-24559 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-E3D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Spanish Fork Springville-Woodhouse Field (KSPK), Spanish Fork, UT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Spanish Fork, UT (KSPK) |
| Spanish Fork, UT (KSPK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight instructor reported that, during takeoff, as the airplane reached rotation speed, the student took his feet off the rudder pedals. The airplane drifted left of the runway centerline, and the student then quickly placed his feet back on the pedals and pushed the right brake, which caused the airplane to veer right. The instructor, who did not have brakes on his side, applied left rudder, but the airplane departed the right side of the runway. He added that, during the runway excursion, he heard the tail dragging along the ground or striking bushes. Subsequently, the airplane aligned with the runway, but fearing damage to the tail, the instructor aborted the takeoff and landed the airplane on the side of the runway, and it struck large mounds of dirt and a ditch.
The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings and the fuselage.
The flight instructor reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain the runway heading during takeoff and the flight instructor’s decision to conduct primary flight instruction in an airplane without dual controls.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 January 1971 | N7223J | Private | 0 | Corona, CA | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Sep-2018 05:07 | Geno | Added |
| 14-Sep-2018 06:26 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Embed code] |
| 23-Mar-2019 09:05 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 23-Mar-2019 10:08 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative, Photo] |
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