Piper PA-24-250 N5153P

Summary

On 28 October 2022 at about 12:00 local time, a Piper PA-24-250 registered N5153P, operated by CJL Aviation LLC, was involved in an accident near Columbia, South Carolina, United States. 2 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

28 October 2022 at 12:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Columbia, South Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Jim Hamilton L B Owens (CUB)

Coordinates

33.9705, -80.9953

Aircraft

Piper PA-24-250

Registration

N5153P

Category

Airplane

Year built

1958

Engines

1

Operator

CJL Aviation LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Camden → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA23LA052

1 person had minor injuries.

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

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

At the conclusion of the return flight, the pilot was landing at his home airport where a significant right crosswind prevailed for the landing runway. The pilot described that, during the final approach for landing, he maintained a right-wing-down attitude and was crabbing the airplane into the wind. As the airplane neared touchdown, the pilot applied left rudder to straighten the airplane’s path; when the right main wheel touched down, the airplane “weather vaned” to the right and into the wind. The airplane’s nose wheel touched down, and the airplane “swerved hard to the left.” His subsequent attempts to correct the airplane’s path were unsuccessful. The airplane departed the left side of the runway, continued down an embankment, struck a berm, and came to rest, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.