- Date
- October 2, 1986, 10:20 local (14:20 UTC)
- Place
- Hillsville, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6003DPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861002046939A
- Case key
- 11296
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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
After touchdown on the rwy, the plt held the nose wheel off for about 200 feet of travel by holding the control wheel back. According to him, the acft then veered to the left and he was unable to steer it with the rudder pedals. The acft went off the side of the rwy and nosed over on an adjacent grass area. An exam of the acft revealed that the nose gear was bent about 30 degrees to the left. The brakes tested satisfactory and the wheels rotated freely.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6003D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-4654
- Airframe hours
- 2,952
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roger D. Williams
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 12, 1985 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- MWX · Mt. Airy, NC
- Airport
- HLX · Twin Co., runway 36, 4,000 × 60 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 210 total · 44 in this make and model · 44 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.