# Accident 20051029025919A: Piper PA22160, Bennettsville, SC, October 29, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2005, 17:45 local time
- Place: Bennettsville, SC
- Airport: Marlboro County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6197° N, 79.7383° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6197&lon=-79.7383&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3029Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3029Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-B2B (registry code 42138, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-b2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22160
- Reported engine: LYC O320B2B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,562 total, 201 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL06CA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06CA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051029025919A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 29, 2005, AT 1745 LOCAL, A PIPER PACER, PA-22/20 ON LANDING ROLL OUT AT THE BENNETTSVILLE AIRPORT, BENNETTSVILLE, SC, (KBBP) GROUND LOOPED AIRPLANE IN A CROSSWIND. THE LEFT WING FROM THE WING STRUT ATTACHMENT POINT IS BENT UPWARD. THE LEFT ELEVATOR IS BENT UP FROM THE TIP APPROXIMATELY ONE FOOT INBOARD. THE TAIL WHEEL SPRING IS TWISTED. THE WEATHER ON LANDING WAS VFR. THE WIND AS REPORTED FROM DARLINGTON AIRPORT, DARLINGTON, SC (APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES SW) AT 350/8. N3029Z WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 24 AT BENNETTSVILLE. THE PILOT AND 2 PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.

## 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 ATL06CA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06CA011), Oct 29, 2005: Piper PA-22-160 (N3029Z), Bennettsville, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The malfunction of the wheel brake assembly due to low fluid level that resulted in a loss of control during the landing roll.

## Other reports on N3029Z (1)

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

- [Accident 20101108050089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101108050089A), Nov 8, 2010: Piper PA-22-160 (N3029Z), Watertown, SD, Substantial damage. 11/08/2010, The pilot departed from luverne, MN(lyv) at approximately 1330 local time and flew VFR to his parents private field located approximately 7 miles…

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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