20200511005489A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-22-150 · Fayetteville, TN · May 11, 2020

Date: May 11, 2020 · 14:00 local
Place: Fayetteville, TN
Airport: Fayetteville Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N4454A
NTSB investigation: NTSBERA20CA185
Reported as: Piper PA-22-150
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 234 total42 in this make and model42 in the last 90 days

N4454ARegistered now · Piper PA-22-150S/N 22-3787 · Built 1956 Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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On 5/11/20 at approximately 1400L N4454A was attempting a wheel landing at kfym (Fayetteville Municipal Airport). N4454A experienced a 5-10 knot crosswind at the time of landing. The aircraft landed on left main gear and the tail wheel. N4454A failed to maintain heading control and when the right main landing gear contacted the ground with lateral motion it suffered failure and collapsed under the fuselage. The aircraft ground looped to the right and came to rest on runway laying on the right wing.

Upon examination of the aircraft, all flight controls were functional as well as the brakes with no mechanical malfunctions discovered with the aircraft. The right main landing gear tube was inspected and found no corrosion or cracking that would cause the landing failure of the gear. The right wing was inspected and found the rear spar bent. Inspection of the fuselage reviled the lower longaron bent, upper cross tube bent, and right elevator bent upwards from impact.

As the FAA filed it

ON 5/11/20 AT APPROXIMATELY 1400L N4454A WAS ATTEMPTING A WHEEL LANDING AT KFYM (FAYETTEVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT). N4454A EXPERIENCED A 5-10 KNOT CROSSWIND AT THE TIME OF LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON LEFT MAIN GEAR AND THE TAIL WHEEL. N4454A FAILED TO MAINTAIN HEADING CONTROL AND WHEN THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR CONTACTED THE GROUND WITH LATERAL MOTION IT SUFFERED FAILURE AND COLLAPSED UNDER THE FUSELAGE. THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED TO THE RIGHT AND CAME TO REST ON RUNWAY LAYING ON THE RIGHT WING.

UPON EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT, ALL FLIGHT CONTROLS WERE FUNCTIONAL AS WELL AS THE BRAKES WITH NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS DISCOVERED WITH THE AIRCRAFT. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TUBE WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND NO CORROSION OR CRACKING THAT WOULD CAUSE THE LANDING FAILURE OF THE GEAR. THE RIGHT WING WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND THE REAR SPAR BENT. INSPECTION OF THE FUSELAGE REVILED THE LOWER LONGARON BENT, UPPER CROSS TUBE BENT, AND RIGHT ELEVATOR BENT UPWARDS FROM IMPACT.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB ERA20CA185Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · Data collectionFinal reportFayetteville, TNThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing in gusting crosswind conditions.May 11, 2020 · Substantial damage

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