# Accident 20180505004679A: Piper PA-15, Fulton, NY, May 5, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2018, 11:30 local time
- Place: Fulton, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3503° N, 76.3878° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3503&lon=-76.3878&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4534H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4534H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-15 (registry code 7101502, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-145B series (registry code 41502, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-145b-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-15
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-145B SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA268) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180505004679A

## Narrative

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

ON 5/05/2018, AT APPROXIMATELY 1130 LOCAL TIME, SPORT PILOT WAS PREPARING TO LAND AT FZY. PILOT STATED HE OVERFLEW THE RUNWAY AND THE WIND SOCK WAS FAVORING RUNWAY 24. HE STATED THE AWOS WAS RECOMENDING RUNWAY 33, BUT ANOTHER PILOT WAS LANDING ON 24. HE PERFORMED A SUCCESSFUL CROSSWIND LANDING ON RUNWAY 24. DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, A GUST OF WIND HIT THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO A HARD GROUND LOOP TO THE RIGHT. THE LEFT HAND LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE AIRCRCAFT CAME TO REST ON RUNWAY 24. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.  PILOT WAS ONLY PERSON ON BOARD. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING, LEFT FUSELAGE, PROP, LEFT GEAR, AND BELLY.

## 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 GAA18CA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA268), May 5, 2018: Piper PA 15 (N4534H), Fulton, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing.

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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