# Incident 20060305003889I: Piper PA20, Waynesburg, PA, March 5, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2006, 17:00 local time
- Place: Waynesburg, PA
- Airport: Greene County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9011° N, 80.1307° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREENE COUNTY (WAY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9011&lon=-80.1307&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7492K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7492K-2019-04-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 29 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060305003889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT IN COMMAND, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FAILED TO ENSURE THE FRONT SEAT WAS PROPERLY LATCHED. THIS OVERSIGHT CAUSED THE SEAT TO PITCH BACKWARDS MAKING THE AIRCRAFT IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL. POWER WAS REDUCED, AIRCRAFT HIT GROUND AND GROUND LOOPED CAUSING INCIDENTAL DAMAGE TO BOTH WING TIPS AND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                                                   THE REVIEW OF THE MAINTENANCE RECORDS FOR N7492K FOUND THE ANNUAL WAS CURRENT, (MAY 2005) HOWEVER, NO TRANSPONDER CERTIFICATION REQUIRED BY 91-411 OR 413 WAS FOUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED IN CONTROLLED AIRSPACE AND WAS IN VIOLATION OF 91.217. A SAAP WAS ISSUED.

## Other reports on N7492K (1)

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

- [Accident 20180714011159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180714011159A), Jul 14, 2018: Piper PA-20 (N7492K), Dayton, OH, Substantial damage. On Saturday, July 14, 2018 at approximately 1415 EDT, a Piper PA-20 aircraft, registration N7492K, was involved in an accident when the pilot lost directional…

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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