ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 366157
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| Date: | Saturday 22 September 1990 |
| Time: | 10:45 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18-150 |
| Owner/operator: | Puget Sound Soaring Assoc. |
| Registration: | N3189Z |
| MSN: | 18-7182 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-A2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Enumclaw, WA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Kent, WA (S36) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
UPON APPROACHING THE AIRPORT FOR LANDING, THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE WIND WAS BLOWING FROM THE EAST AND IT WAS TURBULENT. THE PILOT CIRCLED THE RUNWAY TO DETERMINE WIND DIRECTION AND OBSERVED THAT THE TREES THAT LINE THE NORTH SIDE OF HE RUNWAY WERE MOVING INDICATING THE WIND WAS BLOWING DOWN THE RUNWAY FROM THE EAST. THE PILOT PREPARED FOR LANDING AND DURING THE LANDING ROLL, JUST AFTER PASSING THE LINE OF TREES, THE AIRPLANE YAWED TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT CORRECTED AND THE AIRPLANE YAWED TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT APPLIED FULL LEFT RUDDER AND BRAKE ACTION; HOWEVER, THE AIRPLANE GROUND LOOPED RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT DID NOT MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING THE LANDING ROLL IN GUSTING WIND CONDITION.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA90LA195
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 June 1999 | N3189Z | Puget Sound Soaring Assn | 1 | Ephrata, WA | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 20-Mar-2024 18:00 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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