- Date
- March 25, 1985, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Zionsville, IN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7629KPiper PA-20-125
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850325012909A
- Case key
- 13033
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that she flared slightly high upon landing, causing the acft to bounce. Once the acft was on the ground again it began to drift to the left side of the rwy. To correct for this drift, the plt applied right rudder, however, she overcorrected causing a ground loop to the right. Structural damage to the acft sustained during the ground loop included a bent front and rear spar on the left wing and a bowed right raer longeron.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7629K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20-125
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20-447
- Airframe hours
- 2,376
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James F. Leach
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 18, 1984 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- 35Y · Indianapolis, IN
- Airport
- I52 · Indianapolis Terry, runway 18, 5,160 × 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 411 total · 8 in this make and model · 298 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.