# Accident 20190506004079A: Piper PA-20, Canandaigua, NY, May 6, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2019, 19:40 local time
- Place: Canandaigua, NY
- Airport: Canandaigua
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9100° N, 77.3300° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9100&lon=-77.3300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7046K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7046K-2020-07-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-20
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,091 total, 5 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA293](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA293) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190506004079A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT OF THE TAILWHEEL-EQUIPPED AIRPLANE REPORTED THAT, DURING LANDING, THE LEFT WING RAISED

AND THE AIRPLANE "VIOLENTLY TURNED LEFT." THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER, BUT THE AIRPLANE GROUND

LOOPED AND NOSED OVER.

## 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 GAA19CA293](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA293), May 6, 2019: Piper PA 20 (N7046K), Canandaigua, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a ground loop.

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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