# Accident 20120605012969A: Thomas Scott EAA BIPLANE MODEL P, Waynesburg, PA, June 5, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 2012, 18:15 local time
- Place: Waynesburg, PA
- Airport: Greene County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9011° N, 80.1306° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9011&lon=-80.1306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N222WZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N222WZ-2019-10-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Thomas Scott EAA BIPLANE MODEL P (registry code 3360366, https://openairdocs.org/model/thomas-scott-eaa-biplane-model-p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: THOMAS SCOTT EAA BIPLANE MODEL P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 190 total, 1 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA384](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA384) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120605012969A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT WHILE LANDING AT THE GREEN COUNTY AIRPORT (KWAY) ON RUNWAY 9, THE WINDS WERE GUSTY, AND HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE.  INSPECTOR JEFFERY D. HALLIDAY WITNESSED THE CRASH LANDING AND STATED THAT THE PILOT HAD MADE NUMEROUS APPROACHES TO THE GRASSY AREA OVER RUNWAY 9 , FOLLOWED BY BALKED LANDINGS. ON HIS FINAL LANDING ROLLOUT, THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE  WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE FROM 050 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS.

## 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 ERA12CA384](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA384), Jun 5, 2012: Thomas Scott EAA Biplane Model P (N222WZ), Waynesburg, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

## Other reports on N222WZ (3)

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

- [Incident 20100726038819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100726038819I), Jul 26, 2010: Thomas Scot EAA BIPLANE (N222WZ), Pendleton, OR, Minor damage. Aircraft landed PDT at 0800, at PDT on rwy 11. Landing was normal. When the aircraft was crossing rwy 7 at about 15 to 20 mph, it spun left, about 220 dergrees…
- [Incident 20070131000499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070131000499I), Jan 31, 2007: Amtr EAABIPLANEP (N222WZ), Olympia, WA, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] on 01/31/2007, at the Olympia, Washington airport, after landing turned off the runway and the right landing gear…
- [Incident 19920312008049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920312008049I), Mar 12, 1992: Amtrea EAABIPLANEP (N222WZ), Arlington, WA. Pilot made a hard landing. Veered off runway. Bracket for rudder cable had broken. Unable to control aircraft.

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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