Piper PA 16 N49WV

Summary

On 7 October 2018 at about 18:11 local time, a Piper PA 16 registered N49WV was involved in an accident near Manchester, West Virginia, 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 October 2018 at 18:11

Classification

Accident

Location

Manchester, West Virginia, United States

Nearest airport

Herron (7G1)

Coordinates

40.5331, -80.5411

Aircraft

Piper PA 16

Registration

N49WV

Category

Airplane

Year built

1949

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Manchester → Manchester

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA19CA018

Nobody was injured.

A vehicle's incursion onto an active runway, which resulted in an evasive action by the pilot landing an airplane on that runway and a subsequent runway excursion.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, while on final approach, he noticed a vehicle stopped short of the runway on a road that intersected the runway. After touchdown, while taxiing and about 40 ft from the intersection, the vehicle slowly drove on the runway. The pilot veered the airplane left to avoid the vehicle, and the airplane exited the runway to the left. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and firewall. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot added that he assumed that the driver could see the landing airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.