Piper PA 22-135 N3768A

Summary

On 5 April 2015 at about 21:00 local time, a Piper PA 22-135 registered N3768A, operated by Shannon, Randal S. Shannon, Melissa J., was involved in an accident near Drexel, Missouri, 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

5 April 2015 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Drexel, Missouri, United States

Coordinates

38.4806, -94.6078

Aircraft

Piper PA 22-135

Registration

N3768A

Category

Airplane

Year built

1954

Engines

1

Operator

Shannon, Randal S. Shannon, Melissa J.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Drexel → Drexel

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA15CA036

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control while taxiing in unfavorable wind conditions.

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The pilot performed stop and go landings, at a private dirt airstrip. After his third landing, while taxiing to the east for takeoff, the pilot reported encountering several wind gusts that nosed the airplane over. The airstrip is located between two weather reporting stations. Winds for the area were out of the south at fourteen knots with wind gusts at twenty-three knots. The airplane sustained substantial damage to its wings, fuselage, and lift struts. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane prior to the accident that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.