ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 296149
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| Date: | Friday 7 March 2003 |
| Time: | 14:05 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-180 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N8205W |
| MSN: | 28-2336 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1998 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360A3A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Richfield, Utah -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Montrose Regional Airport, CO (MTJ/KMTJ) |
| Richfield Municipal Airport, UT (KRIF) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was on a return flight and stated that he received an AWOS weather update. He entered the left downwind and attempted to land on 19. As he began to flare, he encountered a gust of wind from the west. He added power for a go-around and then set up for a landing on runway 01. The touchdown on runway 01 was "normal," but during the landing roll, a gust of wind caught the left wing. He said it "felt like the nose landing gear was skidding across the runway." He attempted to regain control and correct this by adding "full rudder." He thought of applying full power for a go-around, but he felt he was going too slow. The airplane veered off the right side of the runway. After leaving the runway, the nose landing gear "seemed to collapse." The right wing tip struck the ground and the airplane nosed over. In a telephone interview, the pilot stated that the winds were approximately 270 degrees at 12 knots gusting to 28 knots.
Probable Cause: the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during landing roll resulting in a ground loop/swerve and subsequent nose over. A contributing factor was the gusty wind conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN03LA046
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Oct-2022 17:11 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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