# Accident 20200710007949A: Piper PA-22-135, Brandy Station, VA, July 10, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2020, 10:00 local time
- Place: Brandy Station, VA
- Airport: Culpeper Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5256° N, 77.8597° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5256&lon=-77.8597&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8103C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8103C-2021-06-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-135 (registry code 7102206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (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-22-135
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 510 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20CA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA248) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200710007949A

## Narrative

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

AFTER LANDING AT CULPEPER AIRPORT (CJR), DURING ROLE OUT N8103C STARTED TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY CENTER LINE, AND A GROUND LOOP WAS INDUCED. PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND AN INSTRUCTOR WERE ON BOARD.

AS THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO THE GRASS BOTH PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR  WERE UNABLE TO CORRECT THE AIRCRAFTS PATH AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY WHEN THE LEFT MAIN GEAR ASSEMBLE WAS RIPPED OFF AND THE LEFT WING HIT THE GROUND.

NO ONE WAS INJURED.  AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED, LEFT WING REAR SPAR APPEARS TO BE BROKEN IN THREE PLACES, LEFT GEAR WAS RIPPED FROM THE FUSALAGE STEEL TUBES, AND PROP WAS DAMAGES. ENGINES WAS RUNNING WHEN THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND.  INSTRCTOR TOLD ME HE COULD NOT GET THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT TO GIVE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THIS IS ALSO IN HIS STATEMENT.

## 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 ERA20CA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA248), Jul 10, 2020: Piper PA22 (N8103C), Culpeper, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control on landing resulting in a runway excursion and subsequent ground loop. Contributing to the outcome were the flight instructor’s inadequate remedial…

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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