Crosby, ND, USA
N3854P
PIPER PA-22-150
The pilot was practicing takeoffs and landings in a tailwheel-equipped airplane with a 10 to 12 knot crosswind when the accident occurred. He reported that upon touchdown, the airplane weathervaned into the wind. He applied full aileron into the wind and opposite rudder to compensate. The airplane turned into the wind and continued off the runway, where it traveled through a ditch and contacted a two-foot deep rut prior to coming to a stop. The right wing was substantially damaged.
The pilot was practicing takeoffs and landings in the tailwheel airplane with a 10 to 12 knot crosswind when the accident occurred. He reported that upon touchdown, the airplane weathervaned into the wind. He applied full aileron into the wind and opposite rudder to compensate. The airplane turned into the wind and continued off the runway, where it traveled through a ditch and contacted a two foot deep rut prior to coming to a stop. The right wing was substantially damaged.
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the crosswind landing.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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