Piper PA-22-160 N3463Z

Summary

On 15 November 2021 at about 22:30 local time, a Piper PA-22-160 registered N3463Z was involved in an accident near West Union, Ohio, 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

15 November 2021 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

West Union, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Alexander Salamon (AMT)

Coordinates

38.8517, -83.5660

Aircraft

Piper PA-22-160

Registration

N3463Z

Category

Airplane

Year built

1960

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lewisburg → Columbus

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN22LA038

Nobody was injured.

A malfunction of the flight controls for reasons that could not be determined based on available information.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot reported that he was conducting a solo cross-country flight when the airplane began to roll left unless he continuously held right aileron input. The pilot elected to divert, and during the landing flare, the airplane continued the left roll and touched down hard past the 1,000-ft runway markers. The airplane bounced and touched down a second time before departing the left side of the runway, where it impacted a ditch and nosed over, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage and engine mount. A postaccident examination did not reveal any flight control anomalies that would have caused the left rolling tendency, and the reason for the malfunction could not be determined based on the available information.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.