Probable cause
The pilot’s loss of directional control during landing with a wind gust, which resulted in a runway excursion and nose over.
NTSB analysis
The pilot reported that, while conducting a touch-and-go landing, the airplane encountered a wind gust from the right, that lifted the right wing. The airplane departed the runway surface onto grass and impacted a runway sign. As a result of the impact, the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings, and the fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for WPR23LA015 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Oct 15, 2022
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Prescott, Arizona
- Nearest airport
- Prescott Regional Airport (KPRC)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Aeroprakt Manufacturing Sp Zoo A22LS
- N-number
- N270L
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 2016
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Flight test
From the NTSB aviation accident database: N-registered aircraft, events since 2008, data through Oct 28, 2026. The file is published monthly, so the latest weeks are incomplete and recent records can change. The official source is the NTSB aviation investigation search. CheckAero is independent and not affiliated with the NTSB.