Piper PA28 N9742J

Summary

On 26 January 2011 at about 22:30 local time, a Piper PA28 registered N9742J, operated by Horace B. Larimore, was involved in an accident near Monroeville, Alabama, 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

26 January 2011 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Monroeville, Alabama, United States

Nearest airport

Monroe County Airport (MVC)

Coordinates

31.4547, -87.3506

Aircraft

Piper PA28

Registration

N9742J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Horace B. Larimore

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Corsicana → Monroeville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA11CA127

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing rollout.

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

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The pilot stated that he was landing at the conclusion of a cross-country flight. After touchdown and during the landing rollout, the airplane veered to the left and would not respond to his rudder or aileron control inputs. The pilot applied full engine power in an attempt to fly over a pile of debris adjacent to the runway, but impacted the debris with the propeller, nose landing gear, and left main landing gear. A postaccident examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed that the left main landing gear tire was flat and that the left wing spar had sustained substantial damage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.