# NTSB DEN01LA112: Piper PA-22-150, N2970P, Akron, CO, June 6, 2001

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 6, 2001, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Akron, CO
- Coordinates: 40.159626, -103.209732 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1596&lon=-103.2097&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 19, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 52433
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN01LA112
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/52433/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA112

## Probable cause

the pilot's failure to adequately compensate for wind conditions, resulting in a loss of directional control during landing roll. A contributing factor 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)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch

## Analysis

After monitoring ASOS (Automated Surface Observing System), the pilot landed on runway 11. As the airplane slowed, the tail was lowered and the airplane turned into the wind. The airplane departed the left side of the runway and collided with a ditch. Recorded winds were from 030 degrees at 13 knots. The pilot later said she failed to adequately compensate for the left crosswind.

## Factual narrative

On June 6, 2001, approximately 1500 mountain daylight time, a Piper PA-22-150 (converted to a PA-20-150 with conventional landing gear), N2970P, was substantially damaged when it collided with terrain during landing at Akron-Washington County Airport, Akron, Colorado. The private pilot in command and her private pilot certificated passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed for the personal flight being conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91. The flight originated at Great Bend, Kansas, approximately 1315 central daylight time.

The pilot and her passenger departed Great Bend, Kansas, en route home to Prineville, Oregon, and were stopping at Akron for fuel. After monitoring the Akron ASOS (Automated Surface Observing System), she landed on runway 11. As the airplane slowed, the tail was lowered and the airplane turned left into the wind, departed the left side of the runway and collided with a ditch. Damage consisted of a broken right wing main spar, collapsed right main landing gear, bent propeller, and crushed cowling. Winds recorded at Akron approximately 7 minutes before the accident were from 030 degrees at 13 knots. In a telephone conversation with the pilot shortly after the accident, she said she failed to adequately compensate for the left crosswind.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2970P](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2970P), registered now, S/N 22-3244, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA-22-150
- Registry model: [Piper PA-22-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (registry code 7102210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22-3244
- Airframe hours: 2648
- Engines: Lycoming O-320 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Julie Wilson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 15, 2000, 63 hours before
- Departed: GBD, GREAT BEND, KS
- Destination: S39, PRINEVILLE, OR
- Airport: AKO, Akron-Washington Co, runway 11, 7,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; injuries: none; private; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review December 30, 2000; seat: left; flight hours: 384 total, 112 in this make and model, 284 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 13 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 13 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.04 inHg
- Observed at: AKO

## 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 20010606014759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010606014759A), Jun 6, 2001: Piper PA22150, Akron, CO, No damage. (-23) On June 6, 2001, at approximately 1600 mountain daylight time, a Piper PA-22-150 (converted to a pa 20-150 with conventional landing gear), was…

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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