# NTSB NYC06CA051: Piper PA-22, N4792A, Jamestown, NY, December 28, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: December 28, 2005, 15:55 local (20:55 UTC)
- Place: Jamestown, NY
- Coordinates: 42.150001, -79.256668
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1500&lon=-79.2567&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 28, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 63078
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC06CA051
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63078/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA051

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing rollout.  Factors included the ice on the runway and the soft terrain.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - icy (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

The pilot was landing on the left side of a 25-foot-wide runway because the center of the runway was covered in ice and the left side was clear.  During the rollout, the right main landing gear wheel "bumped" the ice. The airplane then veered left, and the left main landing gear tire went off the runway, and into "soft grass."  The airplane then nosed over.

## Factual narrative

The pilot was landing on the left side of a 25-foot-wide runway because the center of the runway was covered in ice and the left side was clear.  During the rollout, the right main landing gear wheel "bumped" the ice. The airplane then veered left, and the left main landing gear tire went off the runway, and into "soft grass."  The airplane then nosed over.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4792A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4792A-2009-09-16), registration cancelled 2009-09-16, S/N 22-3943, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA-22
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (registry code 7102210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 51362450
- Engines: Lycoming O-320 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: John H Johnson, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 8G2, Corry, PA
- Destination: NY89, Jamestown, NY

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; flight hours: 168 total, 52 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20051228033739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051228033739A), Dec 28, 2005: Piper PA22150, Jamestown, NY, Substantial damage. (-23) Runway approximately 25' wide. Ice cover located full length of runway center approximately 10-12' wide. Pilot landed on left side of runway 15 on bare…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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