Piper PA-22-20-150 N5908D

Summary

On 1 November 1998 at about 17:00 local time, a Piper PA-22-20-150 registered N5908D was involved in an accident near Mason, Michigan, 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

1 November 1998 at 17:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Mason, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Mason-Jewett Airport (TEW)

Coordinates

42.5208, -82.9806

Aircraft

Piper PA-22-20-150

Registration

N5908D

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

CHI99LA017

Nobody was injured.

was the pilot not maintaining control of the airplane. A factor in this accident was the pilots lack of total experience in the airplane.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot said the tail wheel-equipped airplane began yawing to the left as he brought the airplane onto its main landing gear during takeoff. He said he over corrected with right rudder and then left rudder. The pilot said a yaw oscillation followed and the airplane departed the runway's left edge. Shortly after departing the runway's edge, the airplane's right main gear tire dug into the ground. The airplane ground-looped to the right and came to a stop on its right wing tip and nose. The pilot said he had 19-hours total time in the airplane and about 255-hours in a tail wheel-equipped home built airplane that was similar to the accident airplane except with about half the horse power.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.