- Date
- September 1, 1992, 12:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- Harrisburg, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7317DPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920901037459A
- Case key
- 8654
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Probable cause
The passenger's inadvertent interference with the flight controls.
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
The airplane was being used to conduct aerial photography. While in cruise flight at 6500 feet, the airplane yawed left. Application of right rudder was not fully effective, & when released the airplane yawed further left. Aileron control was sufficient to make a forced landing in a field. Examination of the flight control system & the nose wheel steering failed to reveal any anomalies. The pilot stated that he believed that the passenger, who was conducting the photography, had inadvertently interfered with the flight controls.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7317D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-5105
- Airframe hours
- 5,000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- Stanley, Leroy III
- Registered owner
- Stanley, Leroy III
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- W44 · Ashboro, NC
- Destination
- 3A4 · Greensboro, NC
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,800 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLT, 15 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.