Piper PA-60-602P N44JH
9 August 2001 · Rock Springs, Wyoming, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 9 August 2001 at about 19:30 local time, a Piper PA-60-602P registered N44JH, operated by Roeder-Johnson Corp., was involved in an accident near Rock Springs, Wyoming, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 19:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Rock Springs, Wyoming, United States
- Nearest airport
- Rock Springs-Sweetwater County (RKS)
- Coordinates
- 41.5901, -109.2194
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-60-602P
- Registration
- N44JH
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Roeder-Johnson Corp.
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Business
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Rock Springs → Marysville
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- DEN01LA142
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
the right main tire blowing out in flight, which resulted in a loss of directional control during landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The airplane had just taken off and was climbing through 9,000 feet when the pilot heard "a very loud explosive sound" that came from the right side of the aircraft. He returned to the airport and landed. When the airplane touched down, it began veered to the right and the pilot attempted to correct. The airplane departed the right side of the runway and the right main landing gear collapsed, driving it through the top of the wing. Half of the right main tire (30 hours total time in service) and most of its inner tube (with a round section blown out) were found at the point of touch down. Missing was the valve stem. Continuous S-shaped marks indicated the tire came off the rim.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-60 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2001 | Piper PA-60-601P | Marco Island, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 18 Jul 2002 | Piper PA-60 | Columbus, Indiana, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 12 Oct 2000 | Piper PA-60-601P | S. Burlington, Vermont, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 30 Oct 2000 | Piper PA-60 | Koblenz, Germany | Mahe Electronic Gmbh | Minor injuries | - |
| 7 Sep 2000 | Piper PA-60-601P | Northampton, Massachusetts, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Jan 1999 | Piper PA-60-602P | Lynchburg, Virginia, United States | Herbert Frazier II | Serious injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Mar 2001 | Robinson R22 BETA | Buffalo, Wyoming, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 9 Nov 2001 | Cessna 206 | Casper, Wyoming, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Mar 2001 | Beechcraft A36 | Jackson Hole, Wyoming, United States | Joe G. Litzelfelner | Fatal | 4 |
| 2 Sep 2001 | McDonnell Douglas 369E | Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States | Omni Aviation Services | No injuries | - |
| 6 Sep 2001 | Aerospatiale AS350BA | Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States | Crew Concepts, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 31 Jul 2001 | Bell 205A-1 | Jackson, Wyoming, United States | U.S Forest Service | No injuries | - |