- Date
- March 29, 1995, 12:05 local (17:05 UTC)
- Place
- Kissimmee, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N38606Piper PA-28R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950329006029A
- Case key
- 37744
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Probable cause
The inadequate annual inspection by a mechanic that failed to detect corrosion that eventually failed the engine mounts and allowed the engine and nosegear to deflect to the side during 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 lost control of the airplane on landing roll due to the engine and nosegear deflecting to the left. The pilot attempted to use brakes to keep the airplane on the runway but could not. The airplane swerved off the runway and struck a ditch. Post-accident examination of the engine mounts revealed that they had failed due to corrosion.
Factual narrative
On March 29, 1995, about 1205 eastern standard time, N38606, a Piper PA-28R, registered to the pilot, veered off the runway on landing at Kissimmee Airport, Kissimmee, Florida, while on a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the local flight. The private-rated pilot and his passenger reported no injuries and the airplane was substantially damaged. The flight had originated at the same airport about 1 hour earlier.
The pilot stated while on landing touchdown on runway 06 the airplane veered to the right and the airplane crashed into a culvert breaking the right wing spar. The airplane was removed from the culvert and examined by a local aviation mechanic who stated he found the lower engine mounts at the pivot points that had failed during the landing. The failure would allow the engine and nosegear to angle off centerline.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38606
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7703250
- Airframe hours
- 2,670
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-FB1, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Moon, Jesse L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Provisional (Special); Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 30, 1994 · 58 hours before
- Departed
- ISM · FL
- Airport
- ISM · Kissimmee, runway 6, 5,001 × 150 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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 168 total · 78 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCO, 13 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.