Piper 22 N8595C

Summary

On 16 August 2005 at about 19:45 local time, a Piper 22 registered N8595C, operated by Keith Harris, was involved in an accident near Archdale, North 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

16 August 2005 at 19:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Archdale, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Johnson Field (72A)

Coordinates

35.8356, -79.9253

Aircraft

Piper 22

Registration

N8595C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Keith Harris

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Archdale → Archdale

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL05CA146

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll, which resulted in a nose over.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

During an aborted takeoff, the airplane ground looped and nosed over 200 feet from the departure end of runway 03. The pilot stated that "after he rotated the airplane off of the ground at 55 knots, the airplane felt like it did not want to climb." He did not believe that he would be able to climb over trees at the departure end of the runway, so he decided to abort the takeoff with about 400 feet of runway left. During the aborted takeoff, the pilot landed the airplane back on the runway, ground looped the airplane, and the airplane came to rest 200 feet from the end of the runway. Post-accident examination of the airplane revealed that the airplane was inverted, nose gear bent aft, and engine firewall was buckled. The airplane also exhibited damage to the right wing, fuselage, propeller, and engine cowling. Post-accident examination of the flight control surfaces revealed no mechanical failures. The pilot did not report any mechanical malfunction with the airplane. Runway 03 at Johnson Field is a 2070 feet long by 75 feet wide. Performance data for the Piper 22 states that a normal takeoff ground roll is 950 feet and take takeoff to clear a 50 foot obstacle takes 1500 feet.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.