The pilot/passenger's failure to maintain directional control. A contributing factor was the fence.
— NTSB Determination
The pilot-in-command and pilot/passenger, a prospective buyer of the tailwheel equipped Piper PA-22-108, departed on a test flight. During the pilot/passenger's first landing, and approximately 75-100 feet into the landing roll, the aircraft began to veer to the right departing the right side of runway 31 and eventually impacting a barbed wire fence. The pilot-in-command reported no mechanical difficulties with the aircraft and light and variable winds at the time.
The pilot-in-command and pilot/passenger, a prospective buyer of the tailwheel equipped Piper PA-22-108, departed on a test flight. During the pilot/passenger's first landing, and approximately 75-100 feet into the landing roll, the aircraft began to veer to the right departing the right side of runway 31 and…
The accident on 1999-06-26 involved a Piper PA-22-108, registration N5059Z, at Winthrop, WA.
The pilot/passenger's failure to maintain directional control. A contributing factor was the fence.
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