15 Aug 2022: PIPER PA-28

15 Aug 2022: PIPER PA-28 (N5341W) — Unknown operator

No fatalities • Lucedale, MS, United States

Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing on the wet turf runway with a higher speed.

— NTSB Determination

Accident narrative

On August 15, 2022, about 1000 central daylight time, a Piper PA-28, N5341W, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident at Sky Landings Airport (22MS), Lucedale, Mississippi. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that he had 30° of flaps and an approach speed of about 75 knots so he could land softly on the turf runway. After the nose came down during the landing roll the airplane started to slide to the left. The pilot corrected with right rudder and handbrake. The pilot thought his brakes had locked and attempted to keep the airplane in the center of the runway. The airplane then turned violently to the left, departed the runway, and impacted a peanut field. The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing and vertical stabilizer. The pilot reported the accident landing was his first with the airplane on a turf runway. A witness reported that the runway was wet from morning dew and observed that the airplane’s speed during rollout was faster than normal. He then observed the airplane enter a skid, veer left, and exit the runway. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the nosewheel tire pressure was too low to register on a tire pressure gauge. There was no visible damage to the tire. The shimmy dampener had little resistance in either direction. No other anomalies were observed with the main landing gear brake assemblies or tires that would have precluded normal operation.

Contributing factors

  • Pilot
  • Pilot
  • Incorrect use/operation
  • Contributed to outcome

Conditions

Weather
VMC, wind 300/05kt, vis 10sm

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