- Date
- June 22, 2009, 16:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Collins, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5824DPiper PA-22-150
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 2009
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20090622009829A
- Case key
- 74112
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during a crosswind landing. Contributing to the accident was the instructor's delayed action in regaining control of the airplane.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
According to the instructor, the pilot's previous landings had been “nice.” Upon touchdown on the last landing, the pilot added aft elevator and left aileron control to correct for the crosswind, but failed to use sufficient right rudder. The instructor told the pilot to use more rudder. The pilot added too much rudder, and the airplane yawed to the right. The instructor was unable to correct with opposite rudder. The airplane veered off the right side of the runway and the left gear separated, causing the left wing and propeller to strike the ground. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed no mechanical anomalies.
Factual narrative
According to the instructor, the pilot's previous landings had been “nice.” Upon touch down on the last landing, the pilot added aft elevator and left aileron control to correct for the crosswind, but failed to use sufficient right rudder. The instructor told the pilot to use more rudder. The pilot added too much rudder, and the airplane yawed to the right. The instructor was unable to correct with opposite rudder. The airplane veered off the right side of the runway and the left gear separated, causing the left wing and propeller to strike the ground. Post-accident examination of the airplane revealed no mechanical anomalies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5824D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-4499
- Airframe hours
- 2,249
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Bradley M. Gunter
- Registered owner
- Bradley M. Gunter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 2008 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- FNL · Fort Collins, CO
- Destination
- FNL · Fort Collins, CO
- Airport
- FNL · Fort Collins-Loveland Airport, runway 15, 8,500 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Last flight review
- November 8, 1993
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 323 total · 33 in this make and model · 258 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 44
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 21, 2008
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,686 total · 33 in this make and model · 2,561 as pilot in command · 179 in the last 90 days · 58 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.93 inHg
- Observed at
- FNL
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 22, 2009, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 948 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.