20220627011259A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-24-260 · Lewisburg, TN · June 27, 2022

Date
June 27, 2022 · 14:52 local
Place
Lewisburg, TN
Airport
Ellington
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9077P
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA22LA295
Reported as
Piper PA-24-260
Reported engine
Lycoming I0-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total150 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

During departure roll on runway 02 aircraft yawed to the left; exited the runway on the left hand side of the runway at approximately the 1900 foot mark. Aircraft never left the ground. Aircraft traveled on the grass next to the runway approximately 400 feet before the nose gear collapsed. Aircraft travelled another 100 feet where it yawed right 80 degrees separating the right hand main gear assembly and substantially damaging the right hand wing. Aircraft wreckage was primarly intact 2400 feet down the runway and approximately 300 feet from the right side of runway 02.

As the FAA filed it

DURING DEPARTURE ROLL ON RUNWAY 02 AIRCRAFT YAWED TO THE LEFT; EXITED THE RUNWAY ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AT APPROXIMATELY THE 1900 FOOT MARK. AIRCRAFT NEVER LEFT THE GROUND. AIRCRAFT TRAVELED ON THE GRASS NEXT TO THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET BEFORE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT TRAVELLED ANOTHER 100 FEET WHERE IT YAWED RIGHT 80 DEGREES SEPARATING THE RIGHT HAND MAIN GEAR ASSEMBLY AND SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGING THE RIGHT HAND WING. AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS PRIMARLY INTACT 2400 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY AND APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 02.

NTSB investigation

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

Other reports on N9077P · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.