ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 142371
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| Date: | Tuesday 7 February 2012 |
| Time: | 18:05 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140 (Horton STOL conv.) |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4592R |
| MSN: | 28-21338 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4112 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-E2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Greenville Downtown Airport - KGMU, SC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Greenville, SC (GMU) |
| Greenville, SC (GMU) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After turning onto final approach for landing at his home airport, the pilot selected 25 degrees of flaps and slowed the airplane to 80 mph. At this point, he encountered a slight crosswind, the airplane drifted to the right of the runway centerline, but the pilot corrected for it. He stated that the touchdown was smooth, but the airplane veered to the right. The pilot tried to correct using left rudder and left brake, but the airplane continued to veer to the right, departed the paved surface of the runway, and struck a runway sign with the left wing, substantially damaging the wing structure. The pilot stated that he believed that the right brake may have been "hanging up" and that he should have aborted the landing when the airplane began to veer to the right. A postaccident examination of the airplane did not reveal any anomalies with the brake system.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s loss of directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: https://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events01/media/01_4592R.txt
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=4592R&x=17&y=11
http://www.steveweaver.com/planes/4592r_e.jpg (photo)
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Feb-2012 11:07 | Geno | Added |
| 08-Feb-2012 13:32 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 20:19 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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