Piper PA-22-150 N7357D

Summary

On 25 October 1998 at about 16:10 local time, a Piper PA-22-150 registered N7357D was involved in an accident near Chamblee, Georgia, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

25 October 1998 at 16:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Chamblee, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

Peachtree-Dekalb (PDK)

Coordinates

33.9001, -84.3009

Aircraft

Piper PA-22-150

Registration

N7357D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Gainesville → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA99LA056

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's excessive use of right wheel brake to correct for a left drift during landing rollout resulting in a ground loop to the right and the left wing contacting the runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During landing, as the tail wheel touched down, the aircraft began to drift to the left. The pilot applied right rudder and then right wheel brake in an attempt to correct the drift. The aircraft then ground looped to the right and the left wing contacted the runway. Postcrash examination of the left wheel brake and tail wheel steering showed no evidence of mechanical failure or malfunction.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.