# Accident 20040316006569A: Piper PA30, Galveston, TX, March 16, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2004, 13:52 local time
- Place: Galveston, TX
- Airport: Scholes Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2653° N, 94.8603° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2653&lon=-94.8603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N572AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N572AS-2015-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 580 total, 70 in this make and model, 175 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040316006569A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 16, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 13:52 CDT, A PIPER PA-30-30, N572AS, RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN THE (PIC) COLIN MEGLESS, LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 31 AT KGLS. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 150', EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE EAST, AND SKIDDED ANOTHER 200' WHERE THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST FACING SOUTH.

## 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 FTW04LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA095), Mar 16, 2004: Piper PA-30 (N572AS), Galveston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. A factor was the pilot's failure to evaluate the wind, prior to landing downwind.

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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