Piper PA-38-112 N2368E

Summary

On 26 March 2005 at about 19:30 local time, a Piper PA-38-112 registered N2368E was involved in an accident near Hamburg, New York, 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

26 March 2005 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Hamburg, New York, United States

Nearest airport

Hamburg Airport (4G2)

Coordinates

42.7008, -78.9147

Aircraft

Piper PA-38-112

Registration

N2368E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sandusky → Hamburg

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC05LA063

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

Upon landing on the 2,465-foot-long, 30-foot-wide, asphalt runway, the airplane made an abrupt left turn after the left landing gear departed from the runway surface and dug into soft terrain. The pilot attempted to correct the turn by applying right rudder; however, the rudder had no effect. The airplane continued off the runway surface, proceeded across a grass area, and came to rest in a ditch. Examination of the wreckage did not reveal any anomalies with the flight or engine controls. The accident flight was the pilots first flight in the make and model airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.