# Accident 20170124007199A: Piper PA-28R-200, Wichita, KS, January 24, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2017, 16:12 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6436° N, 97.4258° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6436&lon=-97.4258&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4792T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4792T) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 25 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA123) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170124007199A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 24, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 1612 HRS CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, THE AIRMAN, AND PILOT-IN-COMMAND, OF A PIPER ARROW, PA-28R-200, WAS INVOLVED IN AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT UPON LANDING AT WICHITA DWIGHT D EISENHOWER NATIONAL AIRPORT (KICT), WICHITA, KANSAS.  THE PA-28 IS OWNED BY THE AIRMAN?S FATHER, BUT OPERATED BY THE AIRMAN.  PURSUANT TO THE AIRMAN?S VERBAL AND WRITTEN STATEMENTS, THE PA-28 DEPARTED KICT FOR STILLWATER REGIONAL AIRPORT (KSWO), STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA, WITH TWO PASSENGERS ONBOARD.  WHEN APPROACHING KSWO, AIRMAN STATED THE WINDS WERE GUSTING TO 28 KNOTS ACROSS THE RUNWAY.  WITHOUT ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT KSWO, THE AIRMAN RETURNED TO KICT AND UPON ARRIVAL, AIRMAN ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 19L.  AFTER A MISSED APPROACH, THE AIRMAN WENT AROUND AND HEARD THE WINDS HAD SWITCHED DIRECTIONS.  WITH THE WINDS NOW BEING AT 270 AT 16 KNOTS GUSTING TO 27 KNOTS, THE AIRMAN WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 1R.  UPON LANDING, THE AIRMAN STATED THAT ALL THREE WHEELS CONTACTED THE GROUND, THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE CENTERLINE, AND THE LANDING WAS SMOOTH WITH THE CURRENT CONDITIONS.  THE AIRMAN RELEASED THE FLIGHT CONTROLS AND AFTER SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF LANDING ROLLOUT, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO WEATHERVANE.  WITH THE AIRCRAFT TAIL SWINGING TO THE RIGHT AND NOSE TO THE LEFT, THE AIRMAN ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT UTILIZING CORRECT RUDDER INPUT.  THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY TURNED 90 DEGREES CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO ENTER THE GRASS AREA BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A TAXIWAY SIGN WITH LOWER SIDE OF THE RIGHT WING CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING.  THE RIGHT FLAP ALSO SUSTAINED DAMAGE FROM IMPACTING THE SIGN.  ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS POSITIONED INTO THE WIND, THE AIRMAN GAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO TAXI OUT OF THE GRASS AND BACK TO THE KICT FIXED-BASE OPERATOR (FBO), WICHITA, KS.  THE AIRMAN STATED THE INCIDENT OCCURRED DUE TO NEUTRALIZING THE CONTROLS UPON LANDING.  NO INJURIES OCCURRED DURING THE ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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- [NTSB GAA17CA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA123), Jan 24, 2017: Piper PA 28R (N4792T), Wichita, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing in gusting crosswind conditions.

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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