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Event FTW84LA040

1983-10-31 WESLACO, Texas, United States Airport · T56 None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE STUDENT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH & GO LANDINGS ON A SOLO FLT. ON HIS 1ST APCH, THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY. THE STUDENT REPORTED THAT WHEN HE ADDED POWER TO GO AROUND, THE ACFT VEERED TO THE LEFT. HE REPORTED THAT HE APPLIED EXCESSIVE RIGHT RUDDER, THEN USED EXCESSIVE LEFT RUDDER AS A COUNTER CORRECTION. THE ACFT THEN VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY & WENT INTO A PLOWED FIELD. THE NOSE GEAR DUG INTO THE SOFT TERRAIN & COLLAPSED & THE ACFT NOSED OVER. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1983_FTW84LA040.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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What the literature says.

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