ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 299148
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| Date: | Friday 7 April 2000 |
| Time: | 13:18 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-22-160 |
| Owner/operator: | Eugene Keith Seibel |
| Registration: | N8943D |
| MSN: | 22-6101 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4000 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | SAINT JOSEPH, Missouri -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | TULSA , OK (KUNK) |
| (KSTJ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The accident airplane was damaged during a nose over while taxing at the Rosencrans Memorial Airport, Saint Joseph, Missouri. According to Air Traffic Control personnel at the airport, who witnessed the accident, as the airplane joined the taxiway the tail lifted up, and the airplane nosed-over. The pilot reported that, 'I used aileron deflections, turning into a quartering headwind and away from a quartering tailwind. When I came to my left turn from 090 to 360 onto taxiway Alpha, I reduced power somewhat, though not all the way. At the midpoint of the turn, when the wind was directly perpendicular to the left side of the fuselage, the tail began to rise. Soon the prop [propeller] began digging into the taxiway. According to a witness the plane went up on its nose, spun 90 degrees and fell over.' The pilot continued to report, 'I remember much training on use of ailerons during taxi, however I don't remember a lot of emphasis on the fact that higher power should be used to keep the tail down. Taildragger pilots seem to be a lot more familiar with that aspect. My power reduction for the 90 degree turn may have made it easier for the tail to rise.' Winds at the time of the accident were from 310 degrees magnetic at 40 knots gusting to 46 knots.
Probable Cause: the pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind condition. A factor to the accident was the high winds.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI00LA106
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 May 1996 | N8943D | Private | 0 | Maryville, MO | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 16-Oct-2022 03:05 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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