# Accident 19980209008059A: Piper PA22160, Point Lookout, MO, February 9, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 1998, 11:30 local time
- Place: Point Lookout, MO
- Airport: M Graham Clark Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6259° N, 93.2289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6259&lon=-93.2289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1958P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1958P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22160
- Reported engine: LYC O320B2B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22,651 total, 55 in this make and model, 73 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA093) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980209008059A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL LANDING. GROUND LOOPED. TAIL WHEEL TYPE LANDING GEAR. (.4)THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRPLANE ON RUNWAY 11.  DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST AND THE AIRPLANE GROUND LOOPED.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD EXPERIENCED A TENDENCY FOR THE AIRPLANE TO TRACK TO THE LEFT ON ROLLOUT IN THE PAST AND HAD MENTIONED TO A MECHANIC.  THE WIND RECORDED AT THE AIRPORT 10 MINUTES AFTER THE ACCIDENT WERE 120 DEGREES AT 9 KNOTS. AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE AFTER THE ACCIDENT FAILED TO REVEAL ANY MECHANICAL ANOMALIES WHICH MIGHT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO A LEFT TURNING TENDENCY.                           (-23)ON FEBRUARY 9, 1998, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^  OPERATED PIPER 22/20-160, N1958P, AS PILOT IN COMMAND ONA FLIGHT FROM JACKSONVILLE, TEXAS, TO M. GRAHAM CLARK AIRPORT, POINT LOOKOUT, MISSOURI.  AT APPROXIMATELY 1130 CST, WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 11, ^PRIVACY DATA^ SAID THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO TURN LEFT.  HE THEN APPLIED RUDDER AND AILERON TO THE RIGHT, RESULTING A GROUND LOOP TO THE RIGHT.  ALTHOUGH AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS INDICATED SOME RECENT PROBLEMS WITH A TAIL WHEEL SHIMMY, THE PILOT IN COMMAND SHOULD HAVE BEEN                                                                        ABLE TO PERFORM A LANDING ON THE MAIN WHEELS.

## 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 CHI98LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA093), Feb 9, 1998: Piper PA-22-160 (N1958P), Point Lookout, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control on landing rollout.

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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