Piper PA-22-150 N3758P

Summary

On 1 November 2008 at about 17:54 local time, a Piper PA-22-150 registered N3758P was involved in an accident near Lamar, Colorado, 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

1 November 2008 at 17:54

Classification

Accident

Location

Lamar, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Lamar Municipal Airport (KLAA)

Coordinates

38.0683, -102.6864

Aircraft

Piper PA-22-150

Registration

N3758P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Greeley → Lamar

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN09CA047

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot was on final approach when he used rudder to correct for drift. The airplane touched down while not aligned with the runway, struck the ground with its wing tip, and slid off of the edge of the runway. The nose wheel collapsed when it hit a shallow ditch, and the airplane flipped on its back. There was substantial damage to both wings, engine mounts, vertical fin and rudder, but no injuries to the solo pilot.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.