- Date
- February 9, 1998, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Point Lookout, MO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1958PPiper PA-22-160
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19980209008059A
- Case key
- 10829
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain directional control on landing rollout.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot landed the airplane on runway 11. Directional control was lost and the airplane ground looped. The pilot stated that he had experienced a tendency for the airplane to track to the left on rollout in the past and had mentioned to a mechanic. The wind recorded at the airport 10 minutes after the accident were 120 degrees at 9 knots. An examination of the airplane after the accident failed to reveal any mechanical anomalies which might have contributed to a left turning tendency.
Factual narrative
On February 9, 1998, at 1130 central standard time, a Piper PA-22-160, N1958P, sustained substantial damage when it ground looped while landing on runway 11 (3,539' x 100' dry asphalt) at M. Graham Clark Airport, near Point Lookout, Missouri. The pilot said that the airplane started to turn left and he corrected to the right, but the airplane ground looped. The pilot and three passengers reported no injuries. The personal 14 CFR Part 91 flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan was on file. The flight departed Jacksonville, Texas, at 0905.
The pilot indicated in his written statement that he had previously experienced the airplane turning to the left on rollout and had reported it to a mechanic. After the accident an examination of the airplane failed to reveal any anomalies which might contribute to a left turning tendency.
Ten minutes after the accident a weather observation at the airport indicated a wind of 120 degrees at 9 knots. The airplane was landed on runway 11.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1958P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-6008
- Airframe hours
- 2,999
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert B Hellams
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 20, 1997 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- JSO · Jacksonville, TX
- Destination
- PLK
- Airport
- PLK · M Graham Clark, runway 11, 3,739 × 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
- 67
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Flight engineer, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 22,651 total · 55 in this make and model · 73 in the last 90 days · 34 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PLK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.