- Date
- March 30, 1993, 17:05 local (22:05 UTC)
- Place
- Lapeer, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7732KPiper PA-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930330034259A
- Case key
- 15704
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the 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 reported the winds were light when he arrived at the destination airport. He stated he 'landed on runway 36 with a normal landing. Roll out was normal for approximately 100 feet. Airplane then started a ground loop to the left...right rudder and...brake did not correct... .' The airplane departed the left side of the runway. The pilot stated there was no preimpact mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7732K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20-555
- Airframe hours
- 1,881
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Alton, Jack E.
- Registered owner
- Alton, Jack E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 2, 1993 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- 77G · Marlette, MI
- Airport
- D95 · Dupont-Lapeer Apt, runway 36, 3,605 × 50 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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 218 total · 35 in this make and model · 113 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 18 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °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 N7732K · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.