Piper PA-28-140 N4592R

Summary

On 7 February 2012 at about 23:05 local time, a Piper PA-28-140 registered N4592R was involved in an accident near Greenville, South Carolina, 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.

Date

7 February 2012 at 23:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU)

Coordinates

34.8478, -82.3500

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-140

Registration

N4592R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Greenville → Greenville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA12CA172

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s loss of directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

After turning onto final approach for landing at his home airport, the pilot selected 25 degrees of flaps and slowed the airplane to 80 mph. At this point, he encountered a slight crosswind, the airplane drifted to the right of the runway centerline, but the pilot corrected for it. He stated that the touchdown was smooth, but the airplane veered to the right. The pilot tried to correct using left rudder and left brake, but the airplane continued to veer to the right, departed the paved surface of the runway, and struck a runway sign with the left wing, substantially damaging the wing structure. The pilot stated that he believed that the right brake may have been "hanging up" and that he should have aborted the landing when the airplane began to veer to the right. A postaccident examination of the airplane did not reveal any anomalies with the brake system.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.