# Accident 20160409025129A: Piper PA-22-108, Pantego, NC, April 9, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2016, 15:30 local time
- Place: Pantego, NC
- Airport: Washington-Warren Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6344° N, 76.7539° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6344&lon=-76.7539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5069Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5069Z-2018-08-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-108 (registry code 7102204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-108
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,481 total, 480 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA183) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160409025129A

## Narrative

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

FLYING FIRE PATROL ROUTE FROM 1:00PM UNTIL 3:00PM, THE PILOT LANDED FOR FUEL. ON A SECOND TRIP OUT FROM PRIVATE STRIP, HE WAS ABOUT TO TAKE OFF WHEN AN EXTREMELY STRONG BURST OF WIND KNOCKED THE PLANE OUT OF CONTROL AND FLIPPED IT BOTTOM UP INTO A CANAL.

## 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 GAA16CA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA183), Apr 9, 2016: Piper PA22 (N5069Z), Pantego, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of directional control during the takeoff roll in gusting wind conditions, which resulted in a runway excursion, a nose over, and an impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the…

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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