# Accident 20040130007599A: Piper PA22135, Indian Trail, NC, January 30, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2004, 16:30 local time
- Place: Indian Trail, NC
- Airport: Mint Hill-Matthews Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1208° N, 80.5872° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1208&lon=-80.5872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1107C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1107C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-135 (registry code 7102206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22135
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,370 total, 15 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04LA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040130007599A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JAN 30, 2004 MR. MCGINNIS LANDED ON RUNWAY 22 AT THE GOOSE CREEK AIRPORT. HE STATED THAT AFTER TOUCHDOWN HE RAN OUT OF RUDDER CONTROL AND THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO WEATHERVANE INTO THE WIND. HE ATTEMPTED TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND WHEN THE AIRPLANE HIT A SMALL TREE AND ENDED UP IN A LAKE. BOTH WINGS HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND ONE OF THE PROPELLERS WAS SLIGHTLY BENT.

## 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 ATL04LA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA072), Jan 30, 2004: Piper PA-22-135 (N1107C), Indian Trail, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's attempted lift off without adequate airspeed resulting in a stall/mush and collision with trees while transitioning from an aborted landing to takeoff climb. A factor was the crosswind…

## Other reports on N1107C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20191218019949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191218019949A), Dec 18, 2019: Piper PA-22-135 (N1107C), Caldwell, ID, Substantial damage. On 12/18/2019 at approximately 1950Z a PA22 was conducting touch and goes at Caldwell airport (eul) when the aircraft departed the runway causing substantial…

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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