- Date
- June 7, 2005, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ontario, OR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5814DPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20050607012219A
- Case key
- 61776
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during landing roll. A contributing factor was the cross wind weather condition.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot said that he was practicing takeoff and landings with a 10 knot crosswind for proficiency. He was using runway 14, and he said the wind was 220 degrees at 10 knots. He said that he had done 5 landings without any problems, and on the final landing the plane bounced and went into a three point landing . Next, the upwind wing started to come up, and he applied full aileron correction but could not stop the airplane from turning into the wind. The left wing tip impacted the ground wrinkling the wing, and the left main landing gear strut was bent.
Factual narrative
On June 7, 2005, at approximately 1330 mountain daylight time, a Piper PA-22-150, N5814D, was substantially damaged when it ground looped during landing roll at Ontario Municipal Airport, Ontario, Oregon. The commercial pilot and his two passengers were not injured. The pilot/owner was operating the airplane under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local personal flight which originated approximately 30 minutes before the accident. The pilot had not filed a flight plan.
The pilot said that he was practicing takeoff and landings with a 10 knot crosswind for proficiency. He was using runway 14, and he said the wind was 220 degrees at 10 knots. He said that he had done 5 landings without any problems, and on the final landing the plane bounced and went into a three point landing . Next, the upwind wing started to come up, and he applied full aileron correction but could not stop the airplane from turning into the wind. The left wing tip impacted the ground wrinkling the wing, and the left main landing gear strut was bent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5814D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-4489
- Airframe hours
- 2,640
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Christopher G. Butler
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 2005
- Departed
- ONO · Ontario, OR
- Destination
- ONO
- Airport
- ONO · Ontario Municipal Airport, runway 14, 4,307 × 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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Last flight review
- April 1, 2005
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 755 total · 44 in this make and model · 704 as pilot in command · 103 in the last 90 days · 48 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.82 inHg
- Observed at
- ONO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.