OpenAirDocs.org

20060722017299A

Accident · Substantial damage
Open the Markdown

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Woodworth, LA · July 22, 2006

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

© OpenStreetMap
Date
July 22, 2006 · 15:00 local
Place
Woodworth, LA
Airport
Woodworth
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9952W
NTSB investigation
NTSBDFW06CA190
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
70 total65 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
N9952WRegistration cancelled Jul 29, 2013 · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-23498 · Built 1967Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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) Pilot was on a VFR flight plan from L39 to 1R4. Weather was VFR at destination. On arrival, pilot made a visual approach to runway 1 at Woodworth (1R4). He stated that the winds were out of the north and that the approach was normal until about five feet above the runway. At that point the aircraft was hit by a gust of wind and the nose pitched up and the aircraft rolled to the left. The pilot stated the stall warning horn activated and, fearing a stall, he applied power and pushed the nose down. From this point on, the pilot was fighting to regain control of the aircraft without success. The aircraft continued down the left side of the runway, eventually crossing the airfield fence and adjacent railroad tracks, colliding with a tree line on the other side of the tracks, approximately 2000 feet down the left side of the runway. After colliding with the trees, the aircraft spun around and fell to the ground, coming to rest with the aircraft facing the direction of approach with a portion of the left wing on the railroad tracks. The pilot egressed from the aircraft with no apparent injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM L39 TO 1R4. WEATHER WAS VFR AT DESTINATION. ON ARRIVAL, PILOT MADE A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 1 AT WOODWORTH (1R4). HE STATED THAT THE WINDS WERE OUT OF THE NORTH AND THAT THE APPROACH WAS NORMAL UNTIL ABOUT FIVE FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY. AT THAT POINT THE AIRCRAFT WAS HIT BY A GUST OF WIND AND THE NOSE PITCHED UP AND THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT STATED THE STALL WARNING HORN ACTIVATED AND, FEARING A STALL, HE APPLIED POWER AND PUSHED THE NOSE DOWN. FROM THIS POINT ON, THE PILOT WAS FIGHTING TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT SUCCESS. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED DOWN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, EVENTUALLY CROSSING THE AIRFIELD FENCE AND ADJACENT RAILROAD TRACKS, COLLIDING WITH A TREE LINE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS, APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET DOWN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. AFTER COLLIDING WITH THE TREES, THE AIRCRAFT SPUN AROUND AND FELL TO THE GROUND, COMING TO REST WITH THE AIRCRAFT FACING THE DIRECTION OF APPROACH WITH A PORTION OF THE LEFT WING ON THE RAILROAD TRACKS. THE PILOT EGRESSED FROM THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO APPARENT INJURIES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB DFW06CA190Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportWoodworth, LAThe pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a tree. Contributing factors were the sudden wind shift and the gusty wind conditions.Jul 22, 2006 · Substantial damage