Runway excursion Accident Piper PA-32-260 N3528W, Monday 14 January 2008

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Date:	Monday 14 January 2008
Time:	00:18 LT
Type:	Piper PA-32-260
Owner/operator:	Dm Piper LLC
Registration:	N3528W
MSN:	32-414
Year of manufacture:	1966
Engine model:	Lycoming O-540-E4B5
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Atlanta, Georgia - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Americus-Souther Field Airport, GA (KACJ)
Destination airport:	Atlanta-DeKalb Peachtree Airport, GA (PDK/KPDK)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
After touchdown on runway 20R with the wind from 280 degrees at 7 knots, the airplane bounced, landed, then departed the left side of the runway. The airplane then collided with a taxiway sign and a runway light before coming to rest upright. The NTSB did not receive the NTSB Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident/Incident Report form from the pilot.

Probable Cause: The failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing.

Accident investigation: