Piper PA-22 N1770A

Summary

On 24 March 1998 at about 16:30 local time, a Piper PA-22 registered N1770A was involved in an accident near Kalispell, Montana, United States. 2 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

24 March 1998 at 16:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Kalispell, Montana, United States

Nearest airport

Glacier Park Intl (FCA)

Coordinates

48.1904, -114.3791

Aircraft

Piper PA-22

Registration

N1770A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA98LA051

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate crosswind correction during landing. A factor was a crosswind.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was landing with a left crosswind. He reported that while landing the airplane, which had been modified with a tailwheel installation and a short-takeoff-and-landing (STOL) modification, he did not keep full left aileron in. He stated that when he relaxed wheel input, the wind picked up his left wing, at which point the right main landing gear folded and the right wing struck the ground.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.