ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 305256
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| Date: | Sunday 10 July 2022 |
| Time: | 16:15 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-22-150 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N5915D |
| MSN: | 22-4577 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3130 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fitchburg, Massachusetts -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fitchburg, MA |
| Fitchburg, MA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was landing the tailwheel-equipped airplane in light crosswind conditions. He reported that after landing he was attempting to resolve a tailwheel shimmy when the airplane began to ground loop and exited the runway. The right main landing gear dug into soft dirt along the runway shoulder and the airplane nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's loss of directional control while landing, which resulted in a ground loop.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA22LA359
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