# Accident 20180213002539A: Piper PA-16, Phoenix, AZ, February 13, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 2018, 16:45 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0825° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0825&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5726H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5726H-2019-07-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-16 (registry code 7101602, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-16) (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-16
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 3 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180213002539A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WHO MANY YEARS AGO HAD OWNED AND FLOWN FOR 800 HOURS A J-3 AIRCRAFT, HAD JUST PURCHACED PA-16.  AFTER THREE LANDINGS DEPARTED ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TO BRING THE AIRCRAFT TO HIS HOME.  WHEN NEARING DVT PILOT LISTEDEN TO TOWER WORKING APPROACHING AIRCRAFT CALLING WINDS AS GUSTING AROUND 12 KNOTS AT 140 DEGREES.  THE LAST REPORT PILOT HEARD, JUST AS AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN WAS 160 @16 WHEN AND IMMEDIATLY EXPIERENCE A CROSSWIND GUST.  PILOT CONTROLLED WHAT HE DESCRIBES AS THREE OSSILATIONS TERMINATING IN A FINAL WEATHERVANE INTO THE WIND THAT CAUSED THE LEFT GEAR TO FOLD UNDER WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRAVELING AT AN ESTIMATED SPEED OF 20 KNOTS.  THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND WITH SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE WING SPAR.

## 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 GAA18CA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA130), Feb 13, 2018: Piper PA 16 (N5726H), Phoenix, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing in 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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