ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 353087
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| Date: | Saturday 3 July 1999 |
| Time: | 16:35 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 140 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3579V |
| MSN: | 14748 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1948 |
| Engine model: | Continental C-90-12-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sitka, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | (PASI) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The certificated private pilot was practicing touch and go landings in a tail wheel equipped airplane. During the landing roll, a 90 degree crosswind from the left lifted the left wing. The pilot applied left aileron, and right rudder, but the tail of the airplane began to veer to the right, turning the nose of the airplane to the left. The airplane ground looped to the left, and the right wing struck the runway surface. The airplane received damage to the right wing spar, and the right gear attach point. The pilot had accrued 86 hours total time, with 33.2 hours as pilot-in-command, and 31.2 hours in the accident airplane make and model.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for crosswind conditions. Factors in the accident were a crosswind, and the pilot's lack of total experience in the type of airplane.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC99LA089
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 April 2000 | N3579V | Private | 0 | RED LODGE, Montana | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 09-Mar-2024 10:10 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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