# NTSB CHI07CA236: Piper PA-24-180, N5094P, Berryville, AR, July 27, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 27, 2007, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Berryville, AR
- Coordinates: 36.391109, -93.629722
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3911&lon=-93.6297&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 30, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 66344
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI07CA236
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66344/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA236

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in the airplane departing the runway and impacting terrain.  A factor in the accident was the dirt embankment.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)

## Analysis

The airplane was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain during landing on runway 25, 3555 feet long by 75 feet wide, dry asphalt.  The pilot stated that he landed "right on [the] numbers" and on the centerline of the runway.  He reported that after landing the airplane's nose started to "wander" and that he "overcorrected" with the rudder.  The airplane departed the left side of the runway and impacted a dirt embankment.  The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane.

## Factual narrative

The airplane was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain during landing.  The pilot stated that he landed "right on [the] numbers" and on the centerline of the runway.  He reported that after landing the airplane's nose started to "wander" and that he "overcorrected" with the rudder.  The airplane departed the left side of the runway and impacted a dirt embankment.  The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5094P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5094P-2012-05-25), registration cancelled 2012-05-25, S/N 24-103, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA-24-180
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-180) (registry code 7102403) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 24-103
- Airframe hours: 3094.56
- Engines: Lycoming O-360-A1A 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Eric Larson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 1, 2007
- Departed: EFT, Monroe, WI
- Destination: 4M1, Berryville, AR
- Airport: 4M1, Carroll County, runway 25, 3,555 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review July 1, 2007; seat: left; flight hours: 300 total, 19 in this make and model, 241 as pilot in command, 19 in the last 90 days, 19 in the last 30 days, 9 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F
- Altimeter: 29.94 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20070727016329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070727016329A), Jul 27, 2007: Piper PA24180, Berryville, AR, Substantial damage. (-23) On July 27, 2007 aircraft N5094P, Piper PA-24-180 piloted by [privacy data omitted] received substantial damage when it ran off of the runway at the…

## Other investigations on N5094P (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI70F0104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI70F0104), Jul 24, 1969: Piper PA-24 (N5094P), South Lyons, MI, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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