- Date
- September 1, 2000, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marion, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3383APiper PA-22/20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000901037219A
- Case key
- 50265
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Probable cause
the pilot failed to maintain directional control during landing. A factor was the dust devil.
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, "Upon landing, a severe rotary thermal (dust devil?) impacted plane on right rear tail surfaces and propelled aircraft sideways in turf by skidding to the right." Structural damage resulted to the wing and landing gear. The pilot reported there were no mechanical problems with the airplane.
Factual narrative
On September 1, 2000, at 1830 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-22/20, N3383A, was substantially damaged when it skidded sideways during landing on runway 4 (5,200 X 100 feet) at the Marion Municipal Airport (MZZ), Marion, Indiana. The private pilot was not injured. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight had departed Drake Field Airport, near Fayetteville, Arkansas, at 1000, en route to MZZ. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed.
The pilot reported, "Upon landing, a severe rotary thermal (dust devil?) impacted plane on right rear tail surfaces and propelled aircraft sideways in turf by skidding to the right." Structural damaged resulted to the wing and landing gear.
The pilot reported there were no mechanical problems with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3383A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22/20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-1646
- Airframe hours
- 2,967
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Frank P. Sperandeo
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 3, 2000 · 89 hours before
- Departed
- FYV · Fayetteville, AR
- Destination
- MZZ
- Airport
- MZZ · Marion Municipal, runway 4, 5,200 × 100 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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,064 total · 820 in this make and model · 38 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 201 °F, dew point 149 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.