# Accident 20020421008229A: Piper PA24250, Prescott, AZ, April 21, 2002 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: April 21, 2002, 19:00 local time - Place: Prescott, AZ - Airport: Ernest A Love Field - Damage: Substantial damage - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 34.6575° N, 112.4217° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6575&lon=-112.4217&mi=10 - Aircraft: N7401P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7401P-2003-10-01) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250 - NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX02LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA141) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020421008229A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (.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. ## 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 LAX02LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA141), Apr 22, 2002: Piper PA24-250 (N7401P), Prescott, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft during the landing roll. ## Other reports on N7401P (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20030617034909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030617034909I), Jun 17, 2003: Piper PA24250 (N7401P), Lancaster, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] on 6/17/2003 N7401P had a right main gear failure while landing at fox field Lancaster, CA. The pilot mr. Douglas spark a canadian… - [Accident 19780915032069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780915032069A), Sep 15, 1978: Piper PA24400 (N7401P), Muleshoe, TX, Substantial damage. Rnwy lights malfunctioning. 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.