ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 311781
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| Date: | Friday 10 July 2020 |
| Time: | 11:25 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-22 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N8103C |
| MSN: | 22-2249 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1954 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4285 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-290 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Culpeper, Virginia -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Culpeper Regional Airport, VA (KCJR) |
| Culpeper Regional Airport, VA (KCJR) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot/owner had recently purchased the tailwheel-equipped airplane, and while he had prior experience flying other tailwheel airplanes and had no prior experience in the accident airplane make and model. The purpose of accident flight was to gain experience while flying with a flight instructor. The pilot was flying in the left seat, which was the only seat equipped with wheel brakes, and the flight instructor was flying in the right seat. After an uneventful flight in the airport traffic pattern, the pilot approached the runway and touched down on the main landing gear. Shortly after the tailwheel touched down the airplane began drifting to the left. The pilot's rudder inputs were ineffective in correcting the drift and the flight instructor assumed control of the airplane. The flight instructor reported that as he applied right rudder, the pilot applied braking forces that neutralized the flight instructor's rudder inputs. The pilot eventually let go of the brakes after the airplane departed the left side of the runway, and with full right rudder still being applied by the flight instructor, the airplane veered back onto the runway. The airplane subsequently ground looped and the left main landing gear collapsed. The left wing and the fuselage were substantially damaged. Neither pilot reported any mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control on landing resulting in a runway excursion and subsequent ground loop. Contributing to the outcome were the flight instructor's inadequate remedial actions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA20CA248
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-May-2023 19:51 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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