N55208 – PIPER PA-28R-200 – 2010-06-07 NTSB Accident Report

On June 07, 2010, a Piper PA-28R-200 (N55208) was involved in an incident near Brookshire, TX. All 4 people aboard were uninjured. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.

The National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause of this incident to be: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

According to the pilot, during the final approach to a wet grass strip the airplane encountered a downdraft. Upon touchdown, the airplane began to drift to the left, and the pilot corrected with right rudder. The left main landing gear impacted two concrete driveway's off of the left side of the runway which protrude from the ground between four and six inches. After impacting the second driveway the left main landing gear separated and impacted the empennage. The left wing spar was bent. An examination of the airplane's systems, conducted by the FAA, revealed no anomalies. The pilot confirmed that there was nothing mechanically wrong with the airplane at the time of the accident.

This incident is documented in NTSB report CEN10CA318. AviatorDB cross-references NTSB investigation data with FAA registry records to provide comprehensive safety information for aircraft N55208.