# Incident 20080427838609I: Piper PA24, Zephyrhills, FL, April 27, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2008, 14:04 local time
- Place: Zephyrhills, FL
- Airport: Zephyrhills Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2267° N, 82.1556° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ZEPHYRHILLS MUNI (ZPH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2267&lon=-82.1556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6575P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6575P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 235 total, 28 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080427838609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE BEGAN "PULLING HARD LEFT" DURING LANDING ROLLOUT ON RUNWAY 18 BEFORE ANY BRAKE APPLICATION.  HE THEN APPLIED RUDDER TO KEEP THE AICRAFT STRAIGHT; THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO PULL HARD LEFT ANB BEGAN SKIDDING SIDEWAY, THEN SWERVED OFF OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND SPUN AROUND BEFORE COMING TO A STOP.  THE ZPH ASOS WAS REPORTING WIND FROM 170-180 DEGREES AT 6 KTS JUST BEFORE LANDING, ACCORDING TO THE PILOT.  INITIAL EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT AT THE SCENE REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR HAD COLLAPSED, THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE TO THE STABILATOR AND TO THE BEGINNING IN THE AREA ABOVE THE RIGHT-MAIL WHEEL WELL THAT EXTENDED ABOUT 5' OUTBOARD ACROSS SEVERAL RIBS TO AN AREA JUST FORWARD OF THE OUTBOARD END OF THE FLAP.  AN OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE RUDDER CONTROLS REVEALED NO RESTRICTIONS TO FULL RUDDER OR NOSE GEAR TRAVEL.  THERE WAS A SLIGHT AMOUNT OF RUBBING OF THE RIGHT SEAT RIGHT RUDDER PEDAL AGAINST AN INTERIOR KICK-PANEL, BUT NO EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS INTERFERING WITH CONTROL MOVEMENT.

## Other reports on N6575P (2)

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

- [Incident 20120523011429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120523011429I), May 23, 2012: Piper PA-24 (N6575P), St. Petersburg, FL, Minor damage. Pilot was cleared for straight in approach from kspg to kpie. He got distrsacted searching for an aircraft that he was told to follow and forgot to lower the…
- [Incident 20070820018349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070820018349I), Aug 20, 2007: Piper PA24 (N6575P), St Petersburg-, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On 20 August, 2007, at 1000 EDT, a Piper PA-24, serial number 24-1697, N6575P, registered to the pilot [privacy data omitted] and [privacy data omitted]…

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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