20021215033549I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Tulsa, OK · December 15, 2002

Date
December 15, 2002 · 15:00 local
Place
Tulsa, OK
Airport
Richard Lloyd Jones Jr Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6694J
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
221 total168 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot stated the tower had cleared him to land on runway 19R at r.l. Jones airport in jenks, OK. At approximately 200 ft. above ground level and 1/4 mile from the runway the pilot experienced difficulty with the aileron control system. According to the pilot the ailerons felt like they were not responding properly and he verbally indicated the problem to his passenger. Upon touchdown the aircraft veered hard left and departed the runway. The aircraft struck a taxiway marker causing minor damage to the nose wheel, horizontal stabilizer, lower rudder and propeller. The pilot mentioned the possibility that he could have been too concerned about the aileron problem and landed with too much rudder control causing the aircraft to veer left. The aileron and rudder control systems were examined by FAA inspectors as well as a mechanic and found to function properly.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THE TOWER HAD CLEARED HIM TO LAND ON RUNWAY 19R AT R.L. JONES AIRPORT IN JENKS, OK. AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FT. ABOVE GROUND LEVEL AND 1/4 MILE FROM THE RUNWAY THE PILOT EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY WITH THE AILERON CONTROL SYSTEM. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT THE AILERONS FELT LIKE THEY WERE NOT RESPONDING PROPERLY AND HE VERBALLY INDICATED THE PROBLEM TO HIS PASSENGER. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED HARD LEFT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TAXIWAY MARKER CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE WHEEL, HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, LOWER RUDDER AND PROPELLER. THE PILOT MENTIONED THE POSSIBILITY THAT HE COULD HAVE BEEN TOO CONCERNED ABOUT THE AILERON PROBLEM AND LANDED WITH TOO MUCH RUDDER CONTROL CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER LEFT. THE AILERON AND RUDDER CONTROL SYSTEMS WERE EXAMINED BY FAA INSPECTORS AS WELL AS A MECHANIC AND FOUND TO FUNCTION PROPERLY.