# Accident 20131019020449A: Piper PA-28-160, Tucson, AZ, October 19, 2013 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: October 19, 2013, 11:05 local time - Place: Tucson, AZ - Airport: Ryan Field - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 32.0597° N, 111.4204° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0597&lon=-111.4204&mi=10 - Aircraft: N5184W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5184W-2015-05-11) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-28-160 (registry code 7102806, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-160) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-160 - Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 44 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14CA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA021) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131019020449A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL AND BEGAN AT E63, GILA BEND ENROUTE TO RYN, RYAN FIELD ON 10/19/13. THE PILOT STATED THAT SHE SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO 1800 RPM ON BASE LEG, ADDED ONE NOTCH OF FLAPS, SET AIRSPEED TO 85 MPH, THEN ADDED A SECOND NOTCH OF FLAPS AND TURNED TO FINAL. UPON LANDING, SHE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME SLOWING DOWN THE AIRPLANE. SHE OVER CORRECTED WITH RIGHT RUDDER AND VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT. SHE CONTINUED TO HAVE DIFFICULTY SLOWING DOWN AND STRUCK A RUNWAY SIGN AND A TAXIWAY LIGHT BEFORE COMING TO A STOP RIGHT OF RUNWAY 6L. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE SCENE, THE MOST VISIBLE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS TO THE RIGHT WING. THE DAMAGED AREA WAS APPROX. TWELVE INCHES INBOARD OF THE FUEL TANK SEAM, TO APPROXIMATELY 48 INCHES OUTBOARD OF THE FUEL TANK SEAM. THERE WAS VISIBLE (MAJOR), DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE SPAR. THE FUEL TANK WAS RUPTURED AND LEAKING FUEL. INSIDE THE DAMAGED AREA THERE WAS VISIBLE EVIDENCE THAT THE RIGHT WHEEL BRAKE HYDRAULIC LINE WAS SEVERED. LATER IN THE INVESTIGATION IT WAS NOTED THAT HYDRAULIC LINE WAS SEVERED AS A RESULT OF THE AIRCRAFT STRIKING THE RUNWAY TAXIWAY IDENTIFICATION SIGN. THE RUDDER PEDALS WERE ACTUATED. THE CONTROLS AND NOSE WHEEL RESPONDED NORMALLY. DEPRESSING THE RIGHT BRAKE PEDAL CAUSED HYDRAULIC FLUID TO GUSH OUT OF THE SEVERED BRAKE LINE INSIDE THE DAMAGED RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE AREA. INSPECTION OF THE RIGHT WHEEL BRAKE ASSEMBLY CONFIRMED THE BRAKE WAS SERVICEABLE WITH APPROXIMATELY HALF THE BRAKE PAD LIFE REMAINING. THE RIGHT BRAKE HYDRAULIC LINE ATTACHED TO THE LANDING GEAR WAS INTACT. THE FAIRING ABOVE THE RIGHT STRUT AND BELOW THE WING HAS BEEN DAMAGED. THE DAMAGE WAS PRESUMABLY CAUSED FROM STRIKING THE RUNWAY MARKER LIGHT. THE RECOVERED RUNWAY MARKER LIGHT POST HAD AN IMPRINT OF A TIRE ON IT. INSPECTION OF ALL TIRES CONFIRMED THAT THE THEY WERE HOLDING AIR, DID NOT HAVE FLAT SPOTS, OR ANY EVIDENCE OF HAVING BEEN LOCKED UP. BASED ON THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE ON THE RUNWAY, THE FOLLOWING OBSERVATIONS WERE MADE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 6L AT RYAN FIELD. RUBBER FROM THE TIRES ON THE RUNWAY AND THE PILOTS ACCOUNT, VERIFIED THAT THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE NUMBERS, OF RUNWAY 6L. THE AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED TO THE RIGHT OFF OF THE HARD SURFACE. TIRE MARKS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE GRASS AT THE POINT THAT THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE HARD SURFACE. THE TIRE MARKS ALSO ALIGN DIRECTLY WITH THE AIRPORT RUNWAY SIGN THAT THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK NEXT. THE SIGN HAD BEEN SEVERELY DAMAGED AND WAS APPROXIMATELY 30" HIGH, BY 48" LONG, BY 18" DEEP. THE TIRE MARKS CONTINUE PAST THE DAMAGED SIGN BRIEFLY, THEN DISAPPEAR FOR APPROXIMATELY FIFTY FEET SEEMING TO INDICATE THAT THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE ONCE MORE. TIRE MARKS REAPPEAR APPROXIMATELY FIFTY FEET PRIOR TO CROSSING TAXIWAY ?A? AND ?D? INTERSECTION AND CONTINUING PASSED THE INTERSECTION CROSSING. THE RIGHT GEAR APPEARS TO HAVE KNOCKED OVER THE TAXI WAY EDGE MARKER LIGHT ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF TAXIWAY ?D?. THE TIRE MARKS CONTINUE ACROSS TAXIWAY ?A? WITH THE RIGHT GEAR GOING OFF THE HARD SURFACE BRIEFLY. ALL THREE TIRES LEAVE DRAG MARKS TO INDICATE A HARD TURN HEADING LEFT AND BACK ACROSS TAXIWAY ?A?. THE AIRCRAFT EXITED TAXIWAY ?A? AND TRAVELED THROUGH THE GRASS WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A FULL STOP. THE LOCAL AIRPORT MAINTENANCE MAN, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID THAT WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE, HE SAW THE FUEL TANK LEAKING. HE DRAINED AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT GALLONS OF FUEL FROM THE RIGHT WING TANK (APPROX.) THERE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY HYDRAULIC FLUID ANYWHERE ON THE GROUND DURING OUR INVESTIGATION OF THE RUNWAY AREA. THE TOTAL DISTANCE FROM TOUCH DOWN TO FINAL REST WAS APPROXIMATELY 1200 TO 1500 FEET. ## 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 WPR14CA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA021), Oct 19, 2013: Piper PA28 - 160 (N5184W), Tucson, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and collison with a runway sign. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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