- Date
- December 18, 2022, 14:25, time zone not recorded
- Place
- San Manual, AZ · E77
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4144PPiper PA28
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20221218019089A
- Case key
- 106477
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing which, resulted in a runway excursion.
Findings · 2
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
The pilot reported that, during the landing for a touch-and-go, the airplane touched down with engine power at idle right of runway centerline and began to veer to the right. The pilot attempted to correct with left rudder control and then thought to apply power for a go-around. The pilot subsequently rejected the go-around and applied hard braking as the airplane departed the right side of the runway. The left wing sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane which would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4144P
- Reported as
- Piper PA28 (181)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2843121
- Built
- 1998
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Chandler Air Service
- Registered owner
- Chandler Air Service, INC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- KCHD · Chandler, AZ
- Destination
- E77 · San Manuel, AZ
- Airport
- E77 · San Manuel Airport, runway 11/29, 4,207 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B
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
- 35
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 15, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 182 total · 166 in this make and model · 114 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 2992.00 inHg
- Observed at
- E77 AWOS
- METAR
- METAR KDMA 182055Z AUTO 16006KT 10SM BKN100 16/M01 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP118 T01631013 57022
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 31, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.6 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 N4144P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.