Piper PA-22 N4792A

Summary

On 28 December 2005 at about 20:55 local time, a Piper PA-22 registered N4792A was involved in an accident near Jamestown, New York, 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

28 December 2005 at 20:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Jamestown, New York, United States

Coordinates

42.1500, -79.2567

Aircraft

Piper PA-22

Registration

N4792A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Corry → Jamestown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC06CA051

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing rollout. Factors included the ice on the runway and the soft terrain.

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

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The pilot was landing on the left side of a 25-foot-wide runway because the center of the runway was covered in ice and the left side was clear. During the rollout, the right main landing gear wheel "bumped" the ice. The airplane then veered left, and the left main landing gear tire went off the runway, and into "soft grass." The airplane then nosed over.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.