Piper PA-22-150 N3854P

Summary

On 23 April 2011 at about 13:45 local time, a Piper PA-22-150 registered N3854P, operated by Jacob W. Hindberg, was involved in an accident near Crosby, North Dakota, 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

23 April 2011 at 13:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Crosby, North Dakota, United States

Nearest airport

Crosby Municipal Airport (D50)

Coordinates

48.9269, -103.2958

Aircraft

Piper PA-22-150

Registration

N3854P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Jacob W. Hindberg

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Crosby → Crosby

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN11CA306

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the crosswind landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was practicing takeoffs and landings in a tailwheel-equipped airplane with a 10 to 12 knot crosswind when the accident occurred. He reported that upon touchdown, the airplane weathervaned into the wind. He applied full aileron into the wind and opposite rudder to compensate. The airplane turned into the wind and continued off the runway, where it traveled through a ditch and contacted a two-foot deep rut prior to coming to a stop. The right wing was substantially damaged.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.