# Accident 20150104000259A: Piper PA-28R-200, Sedona, AZ, January 4, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2015, 10:30 local time
- Place: Sedona, AZ
- Airport: Sedona
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8100° N, 111.8000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8100&lon=-111.8000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3811M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3811M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 345 total, 66 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR15CA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15CA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150104000259A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED:

ON JANUARY 4TH,2015 IN THE EARLY PART OF THE MORNING I CHECKED THE WEATHER ON THE COMPUTER FOR MY DESTINATION I.E.KFFZ TO KSEZ. THE WIND WAS 7 KNOTS AT FALCON AND 10 MILES OF VISIBILITY. IN SEDONA THE WIND WAS CALM AND ALSO 10 MILES OF VISIBILITY. ALL INDICATION THAT I WOULD HAVE GOOD WEATHER TO FLY. ITHEN WENT TO FALCON AIRPORT AND ARRIVED AT 8:30A.M.   AFTER DOING MY USUAL PLANE CHECK AT FALCON, I TOOK OFF FROM FALCON AIRPORT, NORTHBOUND TO SEDONA. FLIGHT WAS UN-EVENTFUL,EVERY 15 MINUTES DURING THE FLIGHT I CHECKED THE WEATHER INFORMATION.  I STARTED TO TUNE ONTO SEDONA FREQUENCY 40 MILES FROM THE SOUTH. ALL PILOT CONVERSATIONS WERE ALL TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS WERE BEING MADE ON RUNWAY 21. SOUNDED VERY UNUSUAL TO ME BECAUSE WITH WIND CLAM WE USE

RUNWAY 3 ON LANDING AND RUNWAY 21ON TAKEOFF.  BECAUSE EVERYONE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 211 MADE THE DECISION TO FOLLOW ALL OTHERS. I MADE ALL MY CALLS IN MID­ FIELD,DOWNWIND,BASE AND FINAL AND TOUCHED GROUND AND NEEDED TO APPLY THE BRAKES. AT THE SAME TIME THAT I STARTED TO TOUCH THE BRAKES,I BUMPED ONTO SOMETHING ON THE RUNWAY,MAYBE A PIECE OF ICE OR SOMETHING ELSE. PLANE STARTED TO SWERVE TO THE LEFT.  I TRIED TO BALANCE PLANE BACK TO ENTER BUT IT WOULD

NOT ALLOW ME TO UNTIL I WENT OFF THE RUNWAY AND BACK ON.

## 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 WPR15CA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15CA078), Jan 4, 2015: Piper PA 28R-200 (N3811M), Sedona, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of directional control during the landing roll.

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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