- Date
- May 11, 1997, 13:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Correctionville, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7729PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1998
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19970511010759A
- Case key
- 10566
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Probable cause
the pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions, while taxiing, which resulted in loss of aircraft control, an encounter with terrain, and subsequent failure of the left main landing gear. The unfavorable wind condition was a related factor.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that after landing and while making a wide right turn to back taxi, a gust of wind pushed the airplane off to the left side of the runway. Inspection of the airplane revealed that the left main gear brace support bracket and pivot bolt failed due to overload conditions.
Factual narrative
On May 11, 1997, at 1345 central daylight time (cdt), a Piper PA- 24-250, N7729P, registered to KCB Aviation, Inc., of West Des Moines, Iowa, was substantially damaged following a loss of control during the landing roll on runway 05 on a private sod airstrip near Correctionville, Iowa. The private pilot and passenger reported no injuries. The personal 14 CFR Part 91 flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan was filed. The flight originated from Ankeny, Iowa, exact time unknown.
The pilot did not submit the required National Transportation Safety Board's form 6120.1/2 under Title 49, Part 830.15. In a written statement to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)the pilot said that after landing he turned the airplane to the right to back taxi when an extremely strong gust of wind began sliding the airplane to the left side of the runway.
The FAA Inspector who examined the airplane found the left main gear brace support bracket and pivot bolt failed due to overload conditions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7729P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-2943
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1A5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kcb Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- IKV · Ankeny, IA
- Airport
- Private Airstrip, runway 5, grass/turf
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,986 total · 1,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 20 knots, gusting 33
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SUX, 28 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.
Other investigations on N7729P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.