- Date
- May 18, 1992, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Osage City, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N15619Piper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920518022119A
- Case key
- 15448
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control. Factors in the accident were the rough/uneven runway surface and the inadequate maintenance of the runway surface.
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 airplane was landing with calm to very light wind conditions when the accident occurred. The airplane touched down on its main landing gear according to the pilot. The pilot stated that upon touchdown the airplane began '...hopping lightly... .' Shortly after the light 'hopping' the airplane veered sharply to the left and collided with two ditches and a road which were located approximately 30 feet from the runway edge. The airport manager reported that the 40 foot wide runway has 1/2 to 1 inch depressions on its surface. He also stated that another airplane had the same type accident about two months earlier. The manager stated that shallow, wavy, ruts run the entire length of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15619
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7325117
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Ken D. Epperly
- Registered owner
- Ken D. Epperly
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 21, 1992 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- 5C8 · Burlington, KS
- Airport
- 53K · Osage City Airport, runway 17, 2,580 × 40 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 74 total · 74 in this make and model · 20 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EMP, 50 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.