ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 358434
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 August 1995 |
| Time: | 10:30 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18-150 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N6854P |
| MSN: | 18-7447 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-360-C2F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Owyhee, OR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AS HE WAS BACK-TAXIING ON THE RUNWAY, AN ABRUPT LEFT TURN WAS INITIATED AS THE PILOT FIRMLY PRESSED THE LEFT BRAKE. THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO GROUND LOOP AND THE NOSE WENT DOWN. THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO NOSE OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. THE PILOT STATED THAT HIS ATTENTION WAS DIVERTED FROM LOOKING OUT THE FRONT OF THE AIRPLANE TO LOOKING OUT THE SIDE WINDOW FOR CHUCK HOLES. THE PILOT WAS NOT AWARE THAT THE TAIL WAS COMING UP UNTIL THE AIRPLANE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF NOSING OVER.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. A FACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS HIS DIVERSION OF ATTENTION.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA95LA184
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 November 1985 | N6854P | Dave William Penn | 0 | Buffalo, SD | |
sub |
| 6 November 2004 | N6854P | Private | 1 | Mesa, AZ | |
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Mar-2024 13:24 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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