- Date
- July 31, 2000, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kirksville, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5590HPiper PA-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000731011389A
- Case key
- 49872
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
the pilot failed to maintain directional control during landing.
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 pilot reported, "I think, at touch down, my foot came off the rudder pedal. The ground loop occurred at about 1030-1045."
Factual narrative
On July 31, 2000, at 1030 central daylight time, a Piper PA-20, N5590H, was substantially damaged when the airplane ground looped during landing. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight had departed Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and was landing on runway 36 at Kirksville Regional Airport (IRK), Kirksville, Missouri, for fuel. The pilot and one passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed.
The pilot reported, "I think, at touch down, my foot came off the rudder pedal. The ground loop occurred at about 1030-1045."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5590H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20-653
- Airframe hours
- 2,614
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James H . Gardner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 15, 2000 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- OSH · Oshkosh, WI
- Destination
- IRK
- Airport
- IRK · Kirksville Regional, runway 36, 5,000 × 75 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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,292 total · 356 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 163 °F, dew point 151 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IRK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5590H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.