# Accident 19980324008469A: Piper PA22, Kalispell, MT, March 24, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 1998, 09:30 local time
- Place: Kalispell, MT
- Airport: Glacier Park International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1904° N, 114.3791° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1904&lon=-114.3791&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1770A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1770A-2017-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22 (registry code 7102202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 390 total, 12 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA98LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980324008469A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

GROUND LOOPED DURING TOUCH AND GO. COLLAPSED RIGHT MAIN GEAR. DAMAGED WING PA22 HAD BEEN CONVERTED TO TAIL WHEEL. (.4)THE PILOT WAS LANDING WITH A LEFT CROSSWIND.  HE REPORTED THAT WHILE LANDING THE AIRPLANE, WHICH HAD BEEN MODIFIED WITH A TAILWHEEL INSTALLATION AND A SHORT-TAKEOFF-AND-LANDING (STOL) MODIFICATION, HE DID NOT KEEP FULL LEFT AILERON IN.  HE STATED THAT WHEN HE RELAXED WHEEL INPUT, THE WIND PICKED UP HIS LEFT WING, AT WHICH POINT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FOLDED AND THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE GROUND.                                            (-23)THE PILOT REPORTED HE WAS PRACTICING TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS WITH APPROXIMATELY A 7 TO 8 KNOT CROSSWIND WHEN HE LOST CONTROL AND GROUND LOOPED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN THE RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED BENDING THE SPARS IN THE RIGHT WING.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA98LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA051), Mar 24, 1998: Piper PA-22 (N1770A), Kalispell, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate crosswind correction during landing. A factor was a crosswind.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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