# Accident 20220329004789A: Piper PA-34-220T, Slidell, LA, March 29, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2022, 14:07 local time
- Place: Slidell, LA
- Airport: Slidell
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2725° N, 89.7826° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2725&lon=-89.7826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4299C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4299C-2023-03-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-220T (registry code 7103420, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-220T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,603 total, 163 in this make and model, 266 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA162) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220329004789A

## Narrative

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

WHILE FLIGHT TRAINING IN A MULTI-ENGINE AIRCRAFT, A SINGLE ENGINE LANDING WAS BEING CONDUCTED.  JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED INTO A LEFT YAW VEERING FROM OVER THE RUNWAY TOWARD THE ADJACENT TREE LINE.  THE INSTRUCTOR OVERTOOK THE CONTROLS AND MANAGED TO AVOID THE TREES BUT THE RIGHT WINGTIP CONTACTED THE GROUND RESULTING IN A SUBSEQUENT STUMBLE OVER THE NOSE BEFORE SETTLING ONTO THE GROUND.  BOTH CREWMEMBERS EGRESSED WITH NO REPORTED INJURIES.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WITH THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, THE NOSE SECTION MOSTLY DETACHED AND DISTORTION THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE.

## 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 CEN22LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA162), Mar 29, 2022: Piper PA-34-220T (N4299C), Slidell, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to adequately correct for a loss of directional control during a simulated single engine approach.

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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