- Date
- August 24, 2013, 19:00 local (Aug 25, 2013, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Faribault, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4888ZPiper PA-22-108
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 2013
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA-MSP-FSDO
- FAA report
- 20130824015739A
- Case key
- 87872
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 of the airplane during the landing roll.
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 he lost directional control of the airplane during the landing roll. He reported the wind forced the airplane off the left side of the runway where it contacted two runway lights as it departed the runway pavement. The airplane struck a runway sign as it returned to the runway surface. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the elevator and fuselage. The landing was made on runway 12 and the wind reported 15 minutes prior to the accident was from 150 degrees at 16 knots gusting to 21 knots. The pilot reported there were no mechanical failures/malfunctions of the airplane before the accident.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported he lost directional control of the airplane during the landing roll. He reported the wind forced the airplane off the left side of the runway where it contacted two runway lights as it departed the runway pavement. The airplane struck a runway sign as it returned to the runway surface. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the elevator and fuselage. The landing was made on runway 12 and the wind reported 15 minutes prior to the accident was from 150 degrees at 16 knots gusting to 21 knots. The pilot reported there were no mechanical failures/malfunctions of the airplane before the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4888Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-108
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-8470
- Airframe hours
- 4,875
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1B, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- George Gleim
- Registered owner
- George Gleim
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 23, 2013 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- KAUW · Wausau, WI
- Destination
- FBL · Faribault, MN
- Airport
- FBL · Faribault Municipal Airport, runway 12, 4,257 × 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
- 50
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 26, 2012
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 229 total · 29 in this make and model · 166 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 16 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KFBL
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 18, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.3 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.