Piper PA-28-161 N2833F

Summary

On 25 April 2005 at about 20:15 local time, a Piper PA-28-161 registered N2833F was involved in an accident near South Bend, Indiana, 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

25 April 2005 at 20:15

Classification

Accident

Location

South Bend, Indiana, United States

Nearest airport

South Bend Regional (SBN)

Coordinates

41.7086, -86.3172

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-161

Registration

N2833F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Muskegon → South Bend

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI05CA105

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot failed to compensate for the crosswind condition and failed to maintain directional control. Factors included the crosswind and the windsock.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane sustained substantial damage when it veered off the left side of runway 27 and hit the wind sock with its left wing. The solo student pilot, who was on an instructional cross-country flight, was not injured. The student pilot reported that he "taxied onto the runway for departure and the airplane began to pull to the left. I then added more correction but couldn't prevent the aircraft from going off the runway. The left wing hit the wind sock and then the plane came to a rest." The student pilot had a total of 58 hours of flight time with 9.9 hours as pilot in command. The observed surface winds at 1554 were 240 degrees at 15 knots, gusting to 21 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.