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PA-28 student pilot on her first solo accidentally engaged the left brake while touching down and lost control of the aircraft. The right wingtip and the prop were damaged.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1344847 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201604 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Wheels/Tires/Brakes |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Student |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 7 Flight Crew Total 39 Flight Crew Type 29 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Total 400 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control |
Narrative:
I felt I was in control and making standard landing. Pulled power over the numbers; settled; landed (did not feel harder than normal) and then was heading left on the runway; applied right rudder and then fishtailed right rather than center. Pulled off throttle to ensure all power was off and found throttle was loose and broken in my hand as was fishtailing down runway. On last veer towards left felt that I would flip; then was stopped facing left at full stop; no prop. Put flaps down; restarted prop and entered taxiway to proceed to CFI. Upon inspection of plane; there was evidence of right wing strike on bottom edge and prop strike.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PA-28 student pilot on her first solo accidentally engaged the left brake while touching down and lost control of the aircraft. The right wingtip and the prop were damaged.
Narrative: I felt I was in control and making standard landing. Pulled power over the numbers; settled; landed (did not feel harder than normal) and then was heading left on the runway; applied right rudder and then fishtailed right rather than center. Pulled off throttle to ensure all power was off and found throttle was loose and broken in my hand as was fishtailing down runway. On last veer towards left felt that I would flip; then was stopped facing left at full stop; no prop. Put flaps down; restarted prop and entered taxiway to proceed to CFI. Upon inspection of plane; there was evidence of right wing strike on bottom edge and prop strike.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.