- Date
- October 11, 2006, 12:05 local (19:05 UTC)
- Place
- Lebanon, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8122TPiper PA-28R-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Portland FSDO
- FAA report
- 20061011030569A
- Case key
- 64697
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, resulting in the aircraft departing the runway and impacting a Visual Approach Slope Indicator (VASI) standard. The VASI standard near the side of the runway was a factor.
Analysis
About 100 feet into the landing roll of the intended full-stop landing, the aircraft veered sharply to the right, and the pilot tried to correct back to the left. As he did so, the aircraft departed the left side of the runway, and impacted the Visual Approach Slope Indicator (VASI) standard, and then slid into a ditch. The impact with the VASI resulted in substantial damage to the airframe. A post accident inspection of the aircraft did not reveal any anomalies in the flight controls, nose wheel steering linkage, or wheel braking system.
Factual narrative
On October 11, 2006, approximately 1205 Pacific daylight time, a Piper PA-28R-201T, N8122T, departed the side of the runway at Lebanon State Airport, Lebanon, Oregon, and impacted a Visual Approach Slope Indicator (VASI) light standard and a nearby ditch. The private pilot, who was the sole occupant of the aircraft, was not injured, but the aircraft, which is owned and operated by the pilot, sustained substantial damage. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal pleasure flight, which departed Sunriver, Oregon, about 35 minutes prior to the accident, was being operated in visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan had been filed.
According to the pilot, about 100 feet into the landing roll of the intended full-stop landing, the aircraft veered sharply to the right, and when he tried to correct back to the left, the aircraft departed the left side of the runway. After departing the runway, the aircraft impacted the VASI standard, and then slid into a ditch. The impact with the VASI resulted in substantial damage to the airframe. A post accident inspection of the aircraft did not reveal any anomalies in the flight controls, nose wheel steering linkage, or wheel braking system.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8122T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-201T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-8031019
- Airframe hours
- 2,798
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-FB9, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard D. Fellers
- Registered owner
- Red Hawk Industries, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 2006 · 24.4 hours before
- Departed
- S21 · Sunriver, OR
- Destination
- S30 · Lebanon, OR
- Airport
- S30 · Lebanon State, runway 34, 2,877 × 50 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
- 72
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 1, 2005
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,691 total · 1,599 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.