Piper PA 28-180 N56074

Summary

On 12 May 2015 at about 20:30 local time, a Piper PA 28-180 registered N56074, operated by Dewitz Chase, was involved in an accident near Steele, 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

12 May 2015 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Steele, North Dakota, United States

Coordinates

46.8496, -99.9090

Aircraft

Piper PA 28-180

Registration

N56074

Category

Airplane

Year built

1973

Engines

1

Operator

Dewitz Chase

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Steele → Steele

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA15CA103

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a collision with objects while attempting to abort the landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot reported that after landing on his unpublished airstrip, he did not get the airplane slowed down on the wet grass surface. During the landing roll the airplane slid sideways, and the pilot aborted the landing. During the departure climb, the left wheel struck a fence resulting in a loss of control and the impact with a storage structure. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings and the horizontal stabilizer. The pilot reported there were no pre-impact mechanical failures or malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.