Primary finding
Probable cause
The pilot's improper evaluation of wind conditions and selection of the wrong runway, which resulted in a loss of control during the landing roll. A factor to the accident was a gusting tail wind.
Investigator assessment
Analysis narrative
The pilot and a passenger, also a pilot, were conducting touch and go landings to runway 27. On the third landing roll, the pilot encountered a wind gust and the airplane started a left drift off the runway; the pilot lost control of the airplane. The passenger attempted to correct the drift, but he also failed. The airplane continued off the runway and collided with a dirt bank. The prevailing wind at a nearby airport was out of the east gusting to 15 knots. No mechanical problems were reported by the pilot.
Source record
Factual narrative
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