- Date
- May 3, 2003, 09:00 UTC
- Place
- Madison, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N175WPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20030503007979A
- Case key
- 56930
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain control during the landing rollout/which resulted in the airplane veering off the runway and incurring damage.
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 stated that he was performing touch-and-go landings, and had performed several with no problem. During his last touch-and-go landing, he said the left wheel came up off the runway, and as it again contacted the runway the airplane veered hard to the left. He said he tried to maintain control of the airplane, but while doing so, the right wheel rim dug into the asphalt further aggravating the ground loop. The airplane's right wing then impacted the runway surface, and its right main landing gear collapsed.
Factual narrative
On May 3, 2003, about 0900 central daylight time, a Piper PA-22-150, N175W, registered to and operated by a private individual, as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, ground looped during landing at Madison, Mississippi. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The private-rated pilot was not injured and the airplane incurred substantial damage. The flight originated the same day, about 0855.
The pilot stated that he was performing touch-and-go landings, and had performed several with no problem. During his last touch-and-go landing, he said the left wheel came up off the runway, and as it again contacted the runway the airplane veered hard to the left. He said he tried to maintain control of the airplane, but while doing so, the right wheel rim dug into the asphalt further aggravating the ground loop. The airplane's right wing then impacted the runway surface, and its right main landing gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N175W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-3910
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Anthony G. Hinkle
- Registered owner
- Quiet technologies Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MBO · Madison, MS
- Destination
- MBO
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
- 42
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 152 total · 0 in this make and model · 0 in the last 90 days · 0 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.