# NTSB Accident LAX96LA332
> **Piper PA-28-140** · 1996-09-10 · LANCASTER, CA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX96LA332
- **Event ID:** 20001208X06773
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-09-10
- **Location:** LANCASTER, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.719699, -118.479461
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Piper
- **Model:** PA-28-140
- **Registration:** N4308F
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## 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.

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