Piper PA-28R-180 N4634J

Summary

On 13 July 2004 at about 17:37 local time, a Piper PA-28R-180 registered N4634J was involved in an accident near Blackwell, Oklahoma, United States. 2 people were 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.

Date

13 July 2004 at 17:37

Classification

Accident

Location

Blackwell, Oklahoma, United States

Nearest airport

Blackwell-Tonkawa Municipal (4O3)

Coordinates

36.7450, -97.3494

Aircraft

Piper PA-28R-180

Registration

N4634J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ponca City → Blackwell

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW04LA191

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control and the instructor's inadequate supervision by his delay in taking corrective action during the landing roll.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The 85-hour pilot receiving instruction reported that during the landing roll on runway 17 (a 3,500-foot long and 60-foot wide asphalt runway), he applied the brakes, and the airplane began to veer to the left. The pilot applied right rudder but the airplane continued to veer left. The left main landing gear dropped off of the side of the runway into the grass. The 2,484-hour flight instructor then instructed the pilot to "go-around." As the airplane became airborne, the left main landing gear struck a taxiway sign. The pilot stated that after the collision, he noticed the there was no gear-down light for the left main gear. The flight instructor performed an emergency landing on runway 17 holding the airplane the right main landing gear as long as he could. As the airspeed bled off, the left wing impacted the runway surface. Subsequently, the airplane veered off the left side of the runway. A weather reporting station located 12 nautical miles from the accident site reported win from 180 degrees at 5 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.