- Date
- July 15, 2011, 15:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Adams, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7516RPiper PA-28-140
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20110715019359A
- Case key
- 81128
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Probable cause
The pilot's loss of directional control during landing.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
During the landing flare, the airplane veered to the right approximately 20 degrees. The pilot initially added full engine power to execute a go-around; however, after the airplane continued to veer to the right he elected to reduce the power and land. The airplane subsequently struck a turf roller and the ground which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing and fuselage. The pilot reported that he did not experience any mechanical malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot, he intended to land on runway 26, a 2,700-foot-long, 45-foot-wide, turf runway. During the landing flare, the airplane veered to the right approximately 20-degrees. The pilot initially added full engine power to Go-around; however, after the airplane continued to veer to right; he elected to reduce power and land. The airplane subsequently struck a turf roller, and the ground, which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing and fuselage. The pilot reported that he did not experience any mechanical malfunctions. Wind reported at a nearby airport, about the time of the accident, was from 230 degrees at 11 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7516R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-22073
- Airframe hours
- 2,441
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320 SERIES, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 2010
- Departed
- 7NY2 · Adams, NY
- Destination
- 7NY2 · Adams, NY
- Airport
- 7NY2 · Butterville, runway 26, 2,700 × 45 ft, 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
- 75
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 9, 2011
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 861 total · 500 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.05 inHg
- Observed at
- ART, 9 nm away
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 9, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.1 MB in all.
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 N7516R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.