ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174916
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| Date: | Saturday 28 March 2015 |
| Time: | 19:58 |
| Type: |  Cub Crafters PA-18-180 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N550BS |
| MSN: | CC18-0015 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2006 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 322 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-C4P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Crazy Bob's Airport (2OI4), Westfield Center, OH -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lorain/elyria, OH (LPR) |
| Westfield Township, OH (2OI4) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot, he departed on a cross-country flight to his home airport. He planned to arrive about sunset and land to the west. The pilot’s last recollection of the events leading up to the accident was initiating a right turn from the base to final leg in the traffic pattern. The airplane wreckage was found inverted on the runway, adjacent to a tree line near the approach end. A semicircular, concave indentation on the leading edge of the right wing exhibited wood and paint transfer marks consistent with marks found on a severed treetop and branches at the initial point of impact. It is likely that the pilot misjudged the airplane’s height above the trees when he turned onto final and was flying toward the setting sun.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from trees during a base-to-final turn while landing toward the sun.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=2206M
Location
Images:
In transit in Lexington Ky prior to this accident.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2015 03:00 | Geno | Added |
| 29-Mar-2015 21:21 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 01-Apr-2015 16:51 | pete | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Narrative] |
| 16-Apr-2015 23:11 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 31-May-2015 07:24 | Anon. | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 01-Dec-2017 12:46 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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