# Accident 20000608043889A: Piper PA28R200, Mesquite, TX, June 8, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2000, 16:30 local time
- Place: Mesquite, TX
- Airport: Phil L Hudson Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7300° N, 96.5608° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7300&lon=-96.5608&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4861T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 232 total, 156 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW00LA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA184) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000608043889A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 8, 2000 AT APPROXIMATELY 16:30 CENTRAL TIME, A PA-28-200, SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE, N4861T WAS ON LANDING ROLL AT MESQUITE AIRPORT WHEN IT LOST CONTROL AND VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS WHERE IT SUDDENLY SPUN AROUND AND CAME TO A STOP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES HOWEVER THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE PROP, LANDING GEAR, AND RIGHT WING. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF A SKID MARK INDICATING THAT THE AIRCRAFT GRADUALLY VEERED OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS POSITIONED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY DURING THE LANDING ROLL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON TEST FLIGHT AFTER MAINTENANCE TO THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR. AN IN-DEPTH INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED AT AIR SALVAGE OF DALLAS AND REVEALED THAT THE MAIN AND NOSE LANDING GEAR WERE IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION ON LANDING ROLL. ALL GEAR HAD EVIDENCE OF LOAD FAILURE AND NOT ATTRIBUTED TO FATIGUE OR COMPONENT FAILURE. THERE WERE 3 WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 FTW00LA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA184), Jun 8, 2000: Piper PA-28R-200 (N4861T), Mesquite, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper compensation for the existing crosswind condition. A factor was the crosswind.

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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