- Date
- May 12, 2013, 10:55 local (15:55 UTC)
- Place
- Pella, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3465ZPiper PA-22-160
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 2013
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA-Des Moines FSDO
- Case key
- 86965
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.
Findings · 2
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
The pilot reported that he was landing on runway 34 and the wind was from 290 degrees at 7 knots. He stated that during the landing he used a crosswind landing technique using left aileron input and right rudder input at touchdown. Within 2 to 3 airplane lengths after touching down, the airplane's right wing and main landing gear began to raise up and the airplane veered to the left. The pilot stated that he attempted to correct but the airplane exited the left side of the runway and nosed over. The pilot did not report any mechanical malfunctions of the airplane. The airplane sustained damage to the fuselage and both wing spars.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that he was landing on runway 34 and the wind was from 290 degrees at 7 knots. He stated that during the landing he used a crosswind landing technique using left aileron input and right rudder input at touchdown. Within two to three airplane lengths after touching down, the airplane's right wing and main landing gear began to raise up and the airplane veered to the left. The pilot stated that he attempted to correct but the airplane exited the left side of the runway and nosed over. The pilot did not report any mechanical malfunctions of the airplane. The airplane sustained damage to the fuselage and both wing spars.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3465Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-7387
- Engine
- Lycoming 0-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Daniel M. Adams
- Registered owner
- Daniel M. Adams
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MIW · Marshaltown, IA
- Destination
- PEA · Pella, IA
- Airport
- PEA · Pella Municipal Airport, runway 34, 5,403 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 37
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 23, 2011
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 604 total · 16 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.26 inHg
- Observed at
- PEA
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 30, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 490 KB in all.
Other investigations on N3465Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.