20220510006819I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18 · Tucson, AZ · May 10, 2022

Date
May 10, 2022 · 08:13 local
Place
Tucson, AZ
Airport
Ryan Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1272A
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR22LA176
Reported as
Piper PA-18
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
300 total5 in this make and model15 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.

The airman was practicing traffic patterns at Ryan airfield on runway 6L. During the landing rollout the airman lost control of the aircraft. The aircraft veered off to the left side of the runway and into an unpaved area before coming to a stop. No one was injured. The aircraft then taxied back under it's own power to the hangar.

This runway excursion damaged the aircraft and airport property. The aircraft sustained damage to the wing strut and wing. The damage was caused by impacting a taxiway directional sign which completely broke.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRMAN WAS PRACTICING TRAFFIC PATTERNS AT RYAN AIRFIELD ON RUNWAY 6L. DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT THE AIRMAN LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND INTO AN UNPAVED AREA BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TAXIED BACK UNDER IT'S OWN POWER TO THE HANGAR.

THIS RUNWAY EXCURSION DAMAGED THE AIRCRAFT AND AIRPORT PROPERTY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE WING STRUT AND WING. THE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY IMPACTING A TAXIWAY DIRECTIONAL SIGN WHICH COMPLETELY BROKE.

NTSB investigation

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