Piper PA-36-300 N82698

Summary

On 22 April 2000 at about 00:45 local time, a Piper PA-36-300 registered N82698 was involved in an accident near Lexington, Oregon, United States. One person was 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

22 April 2000 at 00:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Lexington, Oregon, United States

Nearest airport

Sandhollow Ag Strip

Coordinates

45.5709, -119.6003

Aircraft

Piper PA-36-300

Registration

N82698

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Lexington

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

SEA00LA078

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to adequately compensate for wind conditions upon encountering a wind shift on takeoff. A factor was variable winds.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

After completing aerial application operations for the day, the pilot took off to the north on a private airstrip with an approaching thunderstorm cell and heavy rain in the area. During takeoff, winds in the area shifted to southwesterly at about 20 knots, gusting to 25 knots (a nearby weather observation station reported winds shifting from north-northwesterly at 10 knots at 1800 to southwesterly at 27 knots, gusting to 32 knots, at 1900.) The pilot was unable to maintain directional control and the aircraft ground-looped, collapsing its right main gear and damaging its right wing. The pilot reported that no mechanical failure or malfunction was involved.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.