Piper PA-24 N7708P

Summary

On 7 September 2015 at about 17:15 local time, a Piper PA-24 registered N7708P, operated by Kumar Sanjay, was involved in an accident near Stratford, Connecticut, 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

7 September 2015 at 17:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Stratford, Connecticut, United States

Nearest airport

Igor I Sikorsky (BDR)

Coordinates

41.1633, -73.1261

Aircraft

Piper PA-24

Registration

N7708P

Category

Airplane

Year built

1961

Engines

1

Operator

Kumar Sanjay

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Peoria → Stratford

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA15LA356

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing in a crosswind.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private pilot reported that, as the airplane approached the airport after the cross-country flight, he checked the weather, which indicated that the surface wind was from 230 degrees at 10 knots. He chose to land on runway 29 because runway 24 was closed. He stated that, on final approach, the "crosswind became evident." After touchdown, the airplane veered sharply left. The pilot used steering and braking inputs to keep the airplane on the runway, but his efforts were not successful, and there was no noticeable reduction in speed. The airplane subsequently exited the runway surface and spun sharply left. The right main landing gear collapsed, and the right wing impacted the ground. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage, empennage, and right wing. Examination of the brakes, rudder, and nose wheel steering systems revealed no discrepancies.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.