Piper PA-22-108 N5386Z

Summary

On 11 December 2013 at about 16:05 local time, a Piper PA-22-108 registered N5386Z was involved in an accident near Oscoda, Michigan, 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

11 December 2013 at 16:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Oscoda, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport (OSC)

Coordinates

44.4209, -83.3292

Aircraft

Piper PA-22-108

Registration

N5386Z

Category

Airplane

Year built

1961

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Oscoda → Oscoda

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN14LA086

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot’s loss of control during landing in gusting wind conditions. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to land with gusting wind.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot was conducting a second supervised solo flight after his flight instructor had checked the weather and released him for the flight. The student pilot reported that, during his first approach for a solo landing, the touchdown was normal, but that, a second or two after touchdown, the right wing lifted up. The airplane then veered left, and the student pilot applied right rudder. The airplane continued to veer left and began to nose over. The student applied full right aileron, but the airplane continued to nose over and subsequently impacted the runway surface. Recorded wind exceeded 10 knots gusting to above 20 knots about the time of the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.