Piper PA 30 N7072Y

Summary

On 23 June 2018 at about 03:14 local time, a Piper PA 30 registered N7072Y, operated by Buckeye Flight Experience, LLC, was involved in an accident near Goodyear, Arizona, 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

23 June 2018 at 03:14

Classification

Accident

Location

Goodyear, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Phoenix Goodyear (GYR)

Coordinates

33.4247, -112.3731

Aircraft

Piper PA 30

Registration

N7072Y

Category

Airplane

Year built

1963

Engines

2

Operator

Buckeye Flight Experience, LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Goodyear → Victorville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

GAA18CA381

Nobody was injured.

The pilot receiving instruction’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

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

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The flight instructor reported that, while landing at night, the pilot receiving instruction allowed the twin-engine airplane to drift left of the centerline at touchdown. The pilot then overcorrected with right rudder, the airplane veered to the right, and the pilot then locked the brakes. The airplane continued to veer right and exited the runway. The flight instructor added that he did not ask for the flight controls but that he did ask the pilot to release the brakes; however, the pilot did not do so. After exiting the runway, the flight instructor had only right rudder and nosewheel steering and "fishtailed" the airplane further to the right before the left main landing gear collapsed. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The flight instructor reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The automated weather observation system on the airport reported that, about the time of the accident, the wind was from 230° at 9 knots. The pilot landed the airplane on runway 21.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.