Piper PA-22-135 N8279C

Summary

On 2 June 2008 at about 22:00 local time, a Piper PA-22-135 registered N8279C, operated by Kent S. Wroght, was involved in an accident near Logan, Utah, 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

2 June 2008 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Logan, Utah, United States

Nearest airport

Logan - Cache (LGU)

Coordinates

41.7906, -111.8544

Aircraft

Piper PA-22-135

Registration

N8279C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Kent S. Wroght

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ogden → Logan

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA08CA150

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind condition and failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was a crosswind wind gust.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was landing the conventional gear airplane on runway 17, with winds from 200 degrees at five knots, gusting to 14 knots. After the main landing gear settled to the runway, the pilot applied forward pressure on the controls to initiate a wheel landing. The pilot stated that just before the tail wheel settled to the surface, the airplane began to drift to the right of the runway centerline, and then swerve to the left, "triggered by a crosswind gust, use of brakes, or clumsy footwork on the rudder that retarded the left wheel." The airplane skidded to the left, which the pilot was unable to correct with right full rudder and aileron control. The airplane turned 180 degrees and exited the side of the runway into the soft dirt. The right main landing gear collapsed, the right wing and right elevator contacted the surface and were substantially damaged. No evidence of a mechanical failure or malfunction to the airplane was reported.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.