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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-22 · Pollock, LA · September 27, 2019

Date
September 27, 2019 · 09:30 local
Place
Pollock, LA
Airport
Pollock Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3365B
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA19CA576
Reported as
Piper PA-22
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
8,492 total6 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On touchdown to runway 18, the airplane ballooned during the landing. When it came back down onto the runway, the airplane was not aligned with the centerline, resulting in a slow speed ground loop. The aircraft subsequently swerved off the left side of the runway and came to rest into a drainage ditch. The right main landing gear collapsed causing substantial damage to the right wing and aileron.

As the FAA filed it

ON TOUCHDOWN TO RUNWAY 18, THE AIRPLANE BALLOONED DURING THE LANDING. WHEN IT CAME BACK DOWN ONTO THE RUNWAY, THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT ALIGNED WITH THE CENTERLINE, RESULTING IN A SLOW SPEED GROUND LOOP. THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY SWERVED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING AND AILERON.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.