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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA60602P · Pago Pago, American Samoa · September 9, 1991

Date
September 9, 1991 · 17:14 local
Place
Pago Pago, American Samoa
Airport
Pago Pago International
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
VHUYZ
Reported as
Piper PA60602P
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540A1A5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,650 total2,000 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Veered off runway into a ditch on landing. Nose wheel was canted to right. In addition strong right crosswind.

As the FAA filed it

VEERED OFF RUNWAY INTO A DITCH ON LANDING. NOSE WHEEL WAS CANTED TO RIGHT. IN ADDITION STRONG RIGHT CROSSWIND.