- Date
- January 22, 2007, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- White Lake, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N98096Piper J3C-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration- Rapid City FSDO
- FAA report
- 20070122002789A
- Case key
- 65196
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind conditions during the landing roll, which resulted in a loss of control and a nose over. A factor associated with the accident was the crosswind.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot reported he was landing on a road in a crosswind. During the landing roll, the left wing lifted, and the airplane drifted to the right. The right main landing gear subsequently encountered a snowbank, and the airplane nosed over.
Factual narrative
The airplane nosed over during landing when the right main landing gear contacted snow at the edge of the road. The pilot reported he was landing his airplane on a road to the west. The pilot stated that there was a crosswind and during the landing roll the left wing started to lift. The pilot reported the airplane then started to drift toward to the north edge of the road. The pilot stated the airplane's right main landing gear then came into contact with the snow thereby causing the airplane to nose over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98096
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18246
- Engine
- Continental A&C65, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Daniel W. Bosworth
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- White Lake, SD
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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 1, 2006
- Flight hours
- 178 total · 136 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.97 inHg
- Observed at
- MHE, 32 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.