NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ERA23LA193
Registry · N476TA
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
PIPER PA-28-181
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A5D90E
Registrant of record
ATP TAA LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Probable cause & findings
The student pilot’s decision to abort the takeoff and land on the runway without sufficient runway remaining, which resulted in a runway overrun.
Factual narrative
The student pilot stated that this was her second solo flight. During takeoff, the airplane lifted off the runway but she felt it was not accelerating like it should and she elected to abort the takeoff. She landed the airplane on the remaining portion of runway, however it continued off the departure end, down an embankment, and came to rest in some bushes. The leading edges of the wings, fuselage, and the stabilator were all substantially damaged. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12
NTSB Findings
Hierarchical cause / factor breakdown from the FAA bulk avdata database. Each finding tagged C (Cause) or F (Factor).
- — Personnel issues-Action/decision-Info processing/decision-Decision making/judgment-Student/instructed pilot
- — Aircraft-Aircraft oper/perf/capability-Aircraft capability-Landing distance-Not attained/maintained
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_2023_ERA23LA193.txt.
Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb.
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