Piper PA-22-160 N8158D
30 March 2002 · Vacaville, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 30 March 2002 at about 23:37 local time, a Piper PA-22-160 registered N8158D was involved in an accident near Vacaville, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 23:37
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Vacaville, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Nut Tree (VCB)
- Coordinates
- 38.3767, -122.9625
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-22-160
- Registration
- N8158D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Medford → Vacaville
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX02LA122
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The airplane nosed over after veering off the runway during landing. The pilot said the airplane is a conversion to the PA-22/20 conventional landing gear arrangement. He had just picked up the airplane after having it in the shop for the last couple of months for repair. He was landing on runway 20 with winds he described as from 100 degrees at 6 knots. After touchdown, he experienced directional control problems with the airplane first veering left and then right, and finally departing off the right side of the runway. The airplane was traveling at a slow speed and he applied both brakes to stop. The airplane then nosed over very slowly, damaging the vertical stabilizer. He stated there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane. The pilot reported that his total time was 140 hours, with about 60 in the accident aircraft. Prior to departing from Medford, he obtained some dual instruction to review landing techniques in conventional gear airplanes. The official Vacaville aviation METAR at both 1453 and 1553 was reporting variable wind conditions at 3 to 4 knots.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-22 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Aug 2002 | Piper PA-22/20 | Shearer, Idaho, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 Jan 2002 | Piper PA-22-160 | Iowa Falls, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Jun 2002 | Piper PA-22-135 | Brownsville, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 11 May 2002 | Piper PA-22-135 | Reno, Nevada, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 Aug 2002 | Piper PA-22-108 | Mayville, New York, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 23 Nov 2002 | Piper PA-22-108 | Coffeyville, Kansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 3,095 records for this type
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