# NTSB CHI07CA061: Piper J3C-65, N98096, White Lake, SD, January 22, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: January 22, 2007, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: White Lake, SD
- Coordinates: 43.728332, -98.713058
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7283&lon=-98.7131&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration- Rapid City FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 65196
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI07CA061
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/65196/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA061

## 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

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N98096), registered now, S/N 18246, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Piper J3C-65
- Registry model: [Piper J3C-65](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (registry code 7100510) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C65 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (registry code 17003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18246
- Engines: Continental A&C65 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Daniel W. Bosworth
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: White Lake, SD

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20070122002789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070122002789A), Jan 22, 2007: Piper J3C65, White Lake, SD, Substantial damage. (-23) On January 22, 2007 at 1430 CST a Piper J3 operated by the pilot [privacy data omitted] was landing on a road near his family farm when he lost control…

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.

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