- Date
- May 31, 1990, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Carbondale, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N32ACPiper PA23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900531017949A
- Case key
- 14682
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Probable cause
The pilot's inability to maintain directional control during the touchdown and landing roll.
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 stated that the first touch and go was uneventful, but when the nose gear touched down on the second landing, the aircraft veered 'violently' to the left. The aircraft departed the left side of the runway, then swerved 'rather suddenly' back to the right and onto the runway. The pilot-rated passenger stated that the pilot applied pull right rudder and right brake, and used differential power in an attempt to regain directional control of the aircraft. Post-accident investigation revealed skid marks on the runway which were consistent with a touch down with the left brake locked. Examination also revealed that the nose gear steering arm failed in an overload failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32AC
- Reported as
- Piper PA23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-7405366
- Airframe hours
- 3,579
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-C1A, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Corporate Aircraft Leasing,Inc
- Registered owner
- Wenesh, Leonard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 6, 1990 · 62 hours before
- Airport
- MDH · Southern Illinois, runway 6, 4,093 × 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,045 total · 398 in this make and model · 2,795 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MDH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.