ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 353581
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| Date: | Tuesday 10 November 1998 |
| Time: | 16:30 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-161 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N8258S |
| MSN: | 28-8116024 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5700 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-D3G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Santa Barbara, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Santa Monica, CA |
| (KSBA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft collided with a runway marker sign during landing while the student pilot was on his first solo cross-country flight. The pilot reported that, while flaring for landing, he encountered a 'strong' crosswind from the right and that he landed with the aircraft angled toward the left side of the 75-foot-wide runway. He tried to correct his path back toward the runway centerline but struck a runway perimeter sign on the left edge of the runway with the left main landing gear. Thirty-five minutes before the accident, a quartering right headwind was reported at 6 knots and 25 minutes after the accident a quartering right headwind was reported at 7 knots.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the existing crosswind condition and failure to maintain proper runway alignment during landing flare.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX99LA032
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 September 2015 | N8258S | Skyward Aviation Inc | 0 | Van Nuys, California | |
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| Runway excursion | ||||||
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 10-Mar-2024 08:21 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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