Piper PA-22-150 N2710P

Summary

On 18 April 2008 at about 18:00 local time, a Piper PA-22-150 registered N2710P was involved in an accident near Plant City, Florida, 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

18 April 2008 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Plant City, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Plant City Airport (PCM)

Coordinates

28.0000, -82.1642

Aircraft

Piper PA-22-150

Registration

N2710P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wimauma → Plant City

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX08CA120

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's excessive taxi speed, which led to a loss of control.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The purpose of the flight was to perform stop-and-go practice takeoffs and landings on a paved runway, which the pilot was not accustomed to. After stopping on the runway on the fourth landing, the pilot added power to rapidly move clear of the active runway. He executed a left turn onto the taxiway and noted that the airplane was moving faster than he had intended for the required sharp turn to a narrow taxiway surface. The airplane continued off the runway surface and began paralleling the taxiway adjacent to a ditch. The right wing contacted the opposite bank of the ditch and the airplane pivoted 90 degrees about the wingtip, coming to rest with the nose gear collapsed at the bottom.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.