# Accident 20001216025339A: Piper PA28180, Tulsa, OK, December 16, 2000 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: December 16, 2000, 15:45 local time - Place: Tulsa, OK - Airport: Richard Lloyd Jones Jr Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 36.0592° N, 95.9406° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0592&lon=-95.9406&mi=10 - Aircraft: N7859W (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180 - Reported engine: LYC O360A3A - People aboard: 4 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 8,400 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA037) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001216025339A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) DECEMBER 16, 2000, ABOUT 15:30 CDT, A PRIVATE PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR PILOT WERE ABOARD PIPER, PA28-180, N7859W TO CHECK OUT THE PRIVATE PILOT IN THE A/C. THEY TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 31, FLEW IN THE PATTERN AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 31. ACCORDING TO THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, UPON LANDING THE A/C TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND BOUNCED. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR OBSERVED THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS ABOUT TO EXECUTE A GO AROUND, TOOK CONTROL OF THE A/C AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND WHEN A GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE A/C TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT. THE LEFT WING AND MAIN LANDING GEAR IMPACTED A FROZEN SNOW BANK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR CYLINDER INBOARD TORQUE-LINK MOUNTING LUG AND ATTACHMENT BOLT BROKE OFF AND THE UPPER TORQUE LINK WAS LOOSE FROM THE STRUT CYLINDER. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT PISTON AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY SEPARATED FROM THE STRUT CYLINDER AND THE HYDRAULIC FLUID LEAKED OUT AS THE A/C CROSSED A TAXIWAY, VEERING TO THE LEFT AND IMPACTED ANOTHER FROZEN SNOW BANK, THEN CAME TO REST ABOUT 20 FEET TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY 31. (.4)ON DECEMBER 16, 2000, AT 1545 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A PIPER PA-28-180 AIRPLANE, N7859W, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN FOLLOW ING A LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE LANDING AT THE RICHARD LLOYD JONES JR AIRPORT, TULSA, OKLAHOMA. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI), PRIVATE PILOT RECEIVING INSTRUCTION, AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY BRISTOL AVIATION SERVICES LLC., OF TULSA, OKLAHOMA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT 1530 FROM THE RICHARD LLOYD JONES JR AIRPORT. ACCORDING TO THE CFI AND PRIVATE PILOT, THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS FOR THE PRIVATE PILOT TO RECEIVE AN AIRPLANE CHECKOUT FROM THE CFI. THEY REPORTED THAT THERE WERE SNOW BANKS SURROUNDING THE TAXIWAYS AND RUNWAYS; HOWEVER, THE TAXIWAY AND RUNWAY SURFACES WERE CLEAR AND DRY. AT 1545, THE WEATHER OBSERVATION FACILITY LOCATED AT THE RICHARD LLOYD JONES JR AIRPORT REPORTED THE WIND FROM 330 DEGREES AT 13 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 20 KNOTS. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM RUNWAY 31 WITH THE PRIVATE PILOT AS THE FLYING PILOT. DURING THE INITIAL TAKEOFF CLIMB, THE CFI NOTED TO THE PRIVATE PILOT THAT THERE WAS A CROSSWIND FROM THE EAST. THE PRIVATE PILOT REQUESTED TO REMAIN IN THE PATTERN WITH THE INTENTION OF THE FIRST LANDING BEING TO A FULL STOP. THE CFI REPORTED THAT DUE TO THE "CHOPPY CONDITIONS," THE PRIVATE PILOT "KEPT THE AIRSPEED A LITTLE HIGHER THAN NORMAL" DURING THE FINAL APPROACH LEG. DURING THE LANDING FLARE/TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN, BOUNCED, AND DRIFTED LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. THE PRIVATE PILOT INITIATED A GO-AROUND; HOWEVER, THE CFI ASSUMED CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE, REDUCED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE, AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND THE AIRPLANE. AS THE AIRPLANE DESCENDED BACK TO THE RUNWAY, A "WIND GUST CAUGHT THE AIRPLANE FROM THE RIGHT," AND SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. IT THEN CONTACTED A SNOW BANK OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, CROSSED A TAXIWAY, AND CAME TO A STOP UPRIGHT. THE FAA INSPECTOR REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE'S LEFT WING WAS BENT UPWARDS, AND THE WING SPAR WAS DAMAGED. HE ADDED THAT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE AIRFRAME. ## 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 FTW01LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA037), Dec 16, 2000: Piper PA-28-180 (N7859W), Tulsa, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: the certified flight instructor's (CFI) failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing. A contributing factor was the gusty wind condition. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.