Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a landing rollout with a crosswind.
NTSB analysis
According to the pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane, he landed on Runway 28. During the rollout, the airplane became "erratic for no apparent reason," veered off the left side of the runway, encountered standing water in the grass and nosed over, damaging the vertical stabilizer. Runway 28 was 4,501 feet long and 100 feet wide. Winds, recorded at the airport 17 minutes after the accident, were from 360 degrees true at 12 knots. A postflight examination of the airplane revealed no preexisting mechanical anomalies.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for ERA09CA364 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Jun 22, 2009
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Big Beaver, Pennsylvania
- Nearest airport
- Beaver County Airport (BVI)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Piper L-21B
- N-number
- N10365
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
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