- Date
- October 20, 2012, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lonoke, AR
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N337TPiper PA-18-105 Special
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 2012
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20121020025789A
- Case key
- 85393
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
According to the pilot-in-command, the airplane began to yaw to the right as he was advancing the power following a three-point landing. The airplane was heading toward a ditch that bordered the runway. The pilot indicated that he tried to correct the yaw but was too late. The airplane went through the ditch, over to the crossing runway, and came to rest in a wetland area, sustaining substantial left wing tip and empennage damage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions with the airplane during the flight that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot in command, the airplane began to yaw to the right as power was being advanced following a three-point landing. The airplane heading was toward a ditch that bordered the runway. The pilot indicated that he tried to correct the "movement but was to late." The airplane went through that ditch, over to the crossing runway, and came to rest in a wetland area. The airplane sustained substantial left wing tip and empennage damage. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane during the flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N337T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-105 Special
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-2451
- Airframe hours
- 2,856
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-TC, 105 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 15, 2012
- Departed
- 1AR9 · Lonoke, AR
- Destination
- 1AR9 · Lonoke, AR
- Airport
- 1AR9 · Country Air Estates Airport, runway 36, 3,800 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 70
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 15, 2011
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 19,000 total · 300 in this make and model · 17,000 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 2, 2012
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 131 total · 120 in this make and model · 48 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.94 inHg
- Observed at
- LRF
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 30, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.2 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.