ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 385658
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Date: | Wednesday 4 July 2001 |
Time: | 10:30 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-18-150 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N220H |
MSN: | 18-7709118 |
Total airframe hrs: | 562 hours |
Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Mount Pleasant, TX -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Mt Pleasant Airport (KMSA) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The pilot had received tail wheel endorsement training earlier that day in the accident airplane. The pilot was performing his second solo landing on runway 17 when he ground looped the airplane. The pilot reported that the winds were from the south at 5 knots.
Probable Cause: the pilot's inadvertent ground loop during the landing roll. A contributing factor was his lack of total experience in tail wheel-equipped airplanes.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | FTW01LA160 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 3 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB FTW01LA160
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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