ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 214869
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 August 1985 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | VH-WOO |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Urawa Homestead, WA -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Calibration/Inspection |
| Departure airport: | Urawa Homestead, WA |
| Urawa Homestead, WA | |
| Investigating agency: | BASI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
At the conclusion of a property inspection the pilot decided to practice a glide approach in 15 knot wind conditions, which gave a light crosswind on the selected strip. Initial touchdown was on the tail wheel and the aircraft bounced. After the next touchdown the aircraft commenced to run off the side of the strip. The pilot applied power to go around but the propeller struck the ground and the aircraft came to rest on its nose in a paddock adjacent to the strip. When the aircraft bounced, the pilot had not maintained the control inputs required to compensate for the crosswind, and after the subsequent touchdown the aircraft had commenced to weather-cock. Having applied power to go around, the pilot had progressively pushed forward on the control stick, in the belief that the tail wheel was still on the ground.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1985/aair/aair198500141/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/27172/aair198500141.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Aug-2018 08:04 | Pineapple | Added |
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