- Date
- May 27, 1985, 10:07 local (14:07 UTC)
- Place
- Hickory, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2378MPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850527020769A
- Case key
- 6802
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During the landing roll, the plt lost directional control of the acft & it ground looped & ran off the rwy. The plt reported that the left tire went flat, the left gear collapsed & the left wing was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2378M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12-1623
- Airframe hours
- 1,635
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Phillip D. Roper
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 16, 1985
- Departed
- GSO · Greensboro, NC
- Airport
- HKY · Hickory Muni, runway 29, 2,705 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 320 total · 5 in this make and model · 276 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HKY, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.