ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 385755
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| Date: | Saturday 16 June 2001 |
| Time: | 08:55 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N6966D |
| MSN: | 18-5547 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Homer, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Homer Airport, AK (HOM/PAHO) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot, holder of a student pilot certificate, was landing a tailwheel-equipped airplane at the conclusion of a local area flight. He said he landed hard, the airplane bounced, and then ground looped to the left. The right main landing gear wheel rim was broken, and the right wingtip scraped the ground. The pilot said his total accrued flight time was about 55 hours, and he was uncertain if the airplane sustained any damage to the wing structure. One month later, an airplane mechanic notified the NTSB IIC, and reported that the right wing received damage to the wing spar.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's inadvertent ground loop. A factor in the accident was the pilot's lack of total experience.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC01LA101
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 April 1991 | N6966D | private | 1 | Tatitlek, AK | |
sub |
| 29 May 2016 | N6966D | Ak Ac LLC | 0 | Shulin Lake, Alaska | |
sub |
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Apr-2024 07:35 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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