ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 296135
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| Date: | Sunday 9 March 2003 |
| Time: | 11:00 LT |
| Type: | WACO UKS-7 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N17721 |
| MSN: | 4632 |
| Engine model: | Continental W-670 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | El Paso, Texas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Casa Grande Municipal Airport, AZ (KCGZ) |
| El Paso International Airport, TX (ELP/KELP) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The 1937-vintage tailwheel-equipped airplane ground looped while landing. The 20,000-hour pilot reported that while on approach, he obtained the weather information from the automatic terminal information service (ATIS) stating that the winds were from 340 degrees at 5 knots. The pilot observed the airport's windsock blowing in a quartering tailwind position, and stated that the windsock "appeared" to be blowing at more than 5 knots. After landing on Runway 26L, the bi-plane rolled approximately 2,000 feet. A gust of wind "pushed" the rudder to the left, and the aircraft ground looped approximately 90 degrees to the right. At the time of the accident, the winds were reported from 340 degrees at 8 knots.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to compensate for existing wind conditions. A contributing factor was the crosswind.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW03LA108
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Oct-2022 16:59 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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