What happened
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(.19) On April 21, 2002, at 1900 mountain standard time, a Piper PA24-250, N7401P, veered off runway 21R during the landing roll and collapsed the landing gear in a collision with several obstacles at the Prescott, Arizona, airport. The airplane, owned and operated by the pilot under the provisions of 14 CFR part 91 of the federal aviation regulations, sustained substantial damage. The airline transport pilot and one passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local area personal flight that originated at Prescott about 1730. No flight plan was filed. The pilot was interviewed by telephone on April 22, 2002. He stated that he took off about 1730 and did three touch-and-go operations on runway 31R, then departed the pattern. After climbing to 8,500 feet, he did some airwork, and then returned to the airport. The tower cleared him for a right base to runway 21R. He said that this runway was narrower than the others at the airport that he was used to (runway 21R is 60 feet wide, while the others are 150 feet wide). On touchdown, the aircraft began drifting to the right. He applied left rudder but couldn't correct the right drift prior to the airplaneleaving the pavement on the right side. The airplane hit and damaged a runway light, then the right wing hit some sort of small wooden building, which collapsed the nose gear and tore the right main gear out of the right wing structure. The pilot noted that while a pilot for twa, he lost his medical certificate in 1972 due to medical problems and just recently got it back, about a year ago. He had not flown from 1972 until that time. He has flown about 15 hours since and just recently bought the airplane. (-23) during the landing rollout at the Prescott airport, the pilot lost control of the aircraft and ran off the runway colliding with terrain.
As the FAA filed it
(.19) ON APRIL 21, 2002, AT 1900 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A PIPER PA24-250, N7401P, VEERED OFF RUNWAY 21R DURING THE LANDING ROLL AND COLLAPSED THE LANDING GEAR IN A COLLISION WITH SEVERAL OBSTACLES AT THE PRESCOTT, ARIZONA, AIRPORT. THE AIRPLANE, OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE LOCAL AREA PERSONAL FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED AT PRESCOTT ABOUT 1730. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT WAS INTERVIEWED BY TELEPHONE ON APRIL 22, 2002. HE STATED THAT HE TOOK OFF ABOUT 1730 AND DID THREE TOUCH-AND-GO OPERATIONS ON RUNWAY 31R, THEN DEPARTED THE PATTERN. AFTER CLIMBING TO 8,500 FEET, HE DID SOME AIRWORK, AND THEN RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT. THE TOWER CLEARED HIM FOR A RIGHT BASE TO RUNWAY 21R. HE SAID THAT THIS RUNWAY WAS NARROWER THAN THE OTHERS AT THE AIRPORT THAT HE WAS USED TO (RUNWAY 21R IS 60 FEET WIDE, WHILE THE OTHERS ARE 150 FEET WIDE). ON TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN DRIFTING TO THE RIGHT. HE APPLIED LEFT RUDDER BUT COULDN'T CORRECT THE RIGHT DRIFT PRIOR TO THE AIRPLANELEAVING THE PAVEMENT ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THE AIRPLANE HIT AND DAMAGED A RUNWAY LIGHT, THEN THE RIGHT WING HIT SOME SORT OF SMALL WOODEN BUILDING, WHICH COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR AND TORE THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR OUT OF THE RIGHT WING STRUCTURE. THE PILOT NOTED THAT WHILE A PILOT FOR TWA, HE LOST HIS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE IN 1972 DUE TO MEDICAL PROBLEMS AND JUST RECENTLY GOT IT BACK, ABOUT A YEAR AGO. HE HAD NOT FLOWN FROM 1972 UNTIL THAT TIME. HE HAS FLOWN ABOUT 15 HOURS SINCE AND JUST RECENTLY BOUGHT THE AIRPLANE. (-23) DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT AT THE PRESCOTT AIRPORT, THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND RAN OFF THE RUNWAY COLLIDING WITH TERRAIN.
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