- Date
- October 4, 1992, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- West Branch, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9807DPiper PA-22-160
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921004040169A
- Case key
- 15599
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing roll.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated after it touched down the aircraft began to veer to the left. He corrected to the right, and the aircraft began to swerve right. He stated: 'I could not stop the turn and it developed into a ground loop.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9807D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-6694
- Airframe hours
- 1,980
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Schultz, Ronald L.
- Registered owner
- Schultz, Ronald L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 17, 1992 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- Y31
- Airport
- Y31 · West Branch, runway 9, 5,000 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,148 total · 20 in this make and model · 1,018 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °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.
Other investigations on N9807D · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.