20110106000499A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-235 · Lancaster, SC · January 6, 2011

Date
January 6, 2011 · 12:50 local
Place
Lancaster, SC
Airport
Lancaster County-Mc Whirter Fi
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N929TC
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA11CA109
Reported as
Piper PA-28-235
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
636 total272 in this make and model13 in the last 90 days

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.

Pilot landed right of center line. Aircraft started to drift right. Pilot applied rudder to correct. Pilot then applied power to make a go around. When power applied, aircraft veered sharply left and of the runway about midfield. Aircraft hit ditch beside runway and lost right main landing gear and nose gear.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED RIGHT OF CENTER LINE. AIRCRAFT STARTED TO DRIFT RIGHT. PILOT APPLIED RUDDER TO CORRECT. PILOT THEN APPLIED POWER TO MAKE A GO AROUND. WHEN POWER APPLIED, AIRCRAFT VEERED SHARPLY LEFT AND OF THE RUNWAY ABOUT MIDFIELD. AIRCRAFT HIT DITCH BESIDE RUNWAY AND LOST RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND NOSE GEAR.

NTSB investigation

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