Accident · 1996-09-10

NTSB case LAX96LA332 · Piper PA-28-140 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1996-09-10
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: Piper PA-28-140 (N4308F)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: A.V. AVIATION Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): AV AVIATION

Probable cause

failure of the student pilot to maintain direction control of the airplane, which resulted in an inadvertent ground swerve and subsequent collapse of the nose gear, during an encountered with soft terrain.

Source: NTSB case LAX96LA332

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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