# Accident 19990102000129A: Piper PA22108, Hayward, CA, January 2, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 1999, 11:18 local time
- Place: Hayward, CA
- Airport: Hayward Air Terminal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6295° N, 122.0409° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6295&lon=-122.0409&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4556Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4556Z-2002-02-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-108 (registry code 7102204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22108
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 42 total, 37 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX99LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990102000129A

## Narrative

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

AFTER AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, IT NOSED OVER. (.19)ON JANUARY 2, 1999, AT 1118 HOURS PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A PIPER PA-22-108 NOSED OVER FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING THE FLARE/TOUCHDOWN AT HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED DURING THE IMPACT SEQUENCE AND POSTCRASH FIRE.  THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT PILOT HAD STAYED IN THE PATTERN AT HAYWARD TO PRACTICE TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  IN THE PILOT'S WRITTEN STATEMENT, HE REPORTED THAT HE HAD PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED TWO TOUCH-AND-GO'S WITH NO PROBLEMS NOTED.  HE SAID HE WAS DRIFTING TO THE RIGHT AS HE BEGAN HIS FLARE, AND THE NEXT THING HE REMEMBERED WAS THE LEFT WING GETTING READY TO TOUCH THE GROUND.  HE STATED HE APPLIED FULL THROTTLE TO TRY AND FLY THE AIRPLANE SO THAT THE WING WOULD NOT HIT THE GROUND.  THE PILOT SAID THE AIRPLANE "DID NOT WANT TO FLY,"  SO HE ELECTED TO CLOSE THE THROTTLE AND STRAIGHTEN THE AIRPLANE OUT PRIOR TO LANDING.  THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER UPON LANDING AND SUBSEQUENTLY CAUGHT FIRE. (.4) THE STUDENT PILOT WAS COMPLETING THE LAST OF HIS TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS AT A LOCAL AIRPORT.  DURING THE FLARE HE SAID THE  AIRPLANE BEGAN TO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT AND SAID HE NOTICED THE LEFT WING GETTING READY TO CONTACT THE GROUND, AS IF IN A GROUND LOOP CONDITION. THE PILOT APPLIED FULL THROTTLE IN AN ATTEMPT TO FLY AWAY.  HE STATED THE AIRPLANE DID NOT WANT TO FLY SO HE ELECTED TO CLOSE THE THROTTLE AND ATTEMPTED TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE AIRPLANE FOR LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND AND SUBSEQUENTLY NOSED OVER.  THE GASCOLATOR WAS COMPROMISED DURING THE CRASH, WHICH ALLOWED UNREGULATED FUEL TO ENTER THE ENGINE COWLING.  THE POSTCRASH FIRE ENSUED WHICH DESTROYED THE AIRPLANE.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH AS REPORTED ON ATIS WERE WINDS 070 AT 4 KNOTS.

## 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 LAX99LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA064), Jan 2, 1999: Piper PA-22-108 (N4556Z), Hayward, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain directional control. A factor in this accident was the inadvertent ground loop swerve.

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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