Piper PA28 N5600U

Summary

On 12 August 2019 at about 16:00 local time, a Piper PA28 registered N5600U, operated by Chickasha Wings Inc, was involved in an accident near Chickasha, Oklahoma, 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 August 2019 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States

Nearest airport

Chickasha Muni (CHK)

Coordinates

35.0975, -97.9692

Aircraft

Piper PA28

Registration

N5600U

Category

Airplane

Year built

1966

Engines

1

Operator

Chickasha Wings Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Duncan → Chickasha

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA19CA512

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's failure to maintain crosswind correction during landing and his subsequent loss of directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with uneven terrain.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The solo student pilot reported that, during approach to land, the airplane encountered turbulence and that he felt that the wind was from "more than one direction," and on final, he decided to use only two notches of flaps. He landed the airplane "slightly sideways," and it then veered right, exited the runway, and impacted a "small hump in the grass." He was afraid of tipping the airplane with too much left rudder, so he delayed applying left rudder until reaching the top of the hump. The chief pilot reported that the student "lost control," that the airplane's right wing struck a runway sign, and that its left flap struck a runway light. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The chief pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The airport's automated weather observation station reported that, about 5 minutes before the accident, the wind was from 230° at 10 knots, gusting to 16 knots. The student landed the airplane on runway 18.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.