# Accident 20010922027609A: Piper PA22150, Kenton, OH, September 22, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2001, 13:59 local time
- Place: Kenton, OH
- Airport: Hardin County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6400° N, 83.6098° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6400&lon=-83.6098&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7630D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7630D-2014-11-18) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,053 total, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC01LA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA228) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010922027609A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT DEPARTED HUNTINGTON, INDIANA (HHG) FOR VALLEY POINT, WV (WV29). THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE VMC, HOWEVER THE PILOT DECIDED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT HARDING COUNTY AIRPORT BECAUSE OF A LOWERING OVERCAST. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT, "WHEN TOUCHING DOWN FOUND BRAKES DID NOT APPLY EVEN." THE TAXIWAY IS AN EXTENSION OF THE RUNWAY. TOWARDS THE END OF THE RUNWAY AT THE ENTRY TO THE TAXIWAY HE FELT THAT HE WAS, "GOING TOO FAST TO ENTER RAMP SO RAN IN GRASS TO SLOWDOWN TO STOP." THE TERRAIN SLOPED AWAY FROM THE RUNWAY. HE WENT INTO A GRASSY SWALE THAT BEGAN ABOUT 20 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY AND RAN PERPENDICULAR TO IT. HE DROPPED THE FRONT LANDING GEAR OVER THE EDGE OF A METAL CULVERT THAT DRAINED INTO THE SWALE. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP END OVER END. A POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION INDICATED THAT THE BRAKE SYSTEM DID NOT FUNCTION NORMALLY. (.4) THE PILOT HAD JUST PURCHASED THE AIRPLANE AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF FERRYING IT HOME WHEN HE ELECTED TO DIVERT BECAUSE OF EN ROUTE WEATHER. THE PILOT MANEUVERED THE AIRPLANE FOR A 4,201-FOOT LONG BY 75-FOOT WIDE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE FIRST 1/3 OF THE RUNWAY WITH FULL FLAPS AN                      D AN INDICATED AIRSPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 70 TO 80 MPH. THE PILOT RETARDED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE, AND APPLIED THE BRAKES, WHICH CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO PULL FROM SIDE TO SIDE. FEARING THAT HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO STOP THE AIRPLANE BEFORE REACHING THE END OF THE RUNWAY, HE ELECTED TO DRIVE IT ONTO A GRASSY AREA TO THE RIGHT AFTER DEPARTING THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE WHEEL STRUCK A CULVERT, AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER. IT WAS THE PILOT'S FIRST LANDING IN THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE. IT WAS ALSO HIS FIRST LANDING IN THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE MAKE AND MODEL. WINDS IN THE AREA WERE APPROXIMATELY 5 KNOTS, FROM 80 DEGREES TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, A MECHANIC APPLIED THE HANDBRAKE AND THEN TRIED TO PUSH THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE DID NOT MOVE.

## 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 NYC01LA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA228), Sep 22, 2001: Piper PA-22-150 (N7630D), Kenton, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to stop the airplane within the available runway. Factors included the uneven braking and the pilot's lack of experience in airplane make and model.

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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