# Accident 19961210040959A: Piper PA22150, Pensacola, FL, December 10, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 1996, 11:25 local time
- Place: Pensacola, FL
- Airport: Pensacola Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4734° N, 87.1866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PENSACOLA INTL (PNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4734&lon=-87.1866&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6955D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6955D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 137 total, 31 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA97LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961210040959A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: AFTER LANDING PNS RWY 26, PILOT STATED AFTER REDUCING POWER HE FELT AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED GUSTY CROSS-WIND AND HE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT. AIRCRAFT BECAME UNSTABLE, CAUSING RIGHT WING TIP TO CONTACT GROUND, COLLAPSED THE NOSE WHEEL WHICH CAUSED PROPELLER TO CONTACT THE GROUND. (ABOVE FROM 8020-23).

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA97LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA041), Dec 10, 1996: Piper PA-22-150 (N6955D), Pensacola, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a ground swerve and subsequent collapse of the nose gear. The crosswind was a related factor.

## Other reports on N6955D (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20010606015079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010606015079A), Jun 6, 2001: Piper PA22150 (N6955D), Pomaria, SC, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft collided with berm on take off roll from a cow pasture. Aircraft was forced to land in cow pasture after pilot was unable to switch an d obtain…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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