ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 385589
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| Date: | Thursday 19 July 2001 |
| Time: | 13:08 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-20-135 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | N8901C |
| MSN: | 20-1032 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1953 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1625 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-290-D2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Redmond, OR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Pendleton Airport, OR (PDT/KPDT) |
| Redmond-Roberts Field, OR (RDM/KRDM) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Upon arrival at Redmond, the pilot was instructed to enter traffic for runway 28. On his first landing attempt, he bounced "moderately" and decided to go around. He reported that on his second approach, winds had increased and were variable. He stated that on this approach, the flare and initial rollout went well but that "the continuing rollout swerved to the left and did not respond well to correction." The pilot therefore decided to go around again, stating in his accident report: "Although I was unsure at the time whether I made contact or avoided a runway light, evidence on the aircraft indicates that a contact did occur." The pilot reported that at this point, he contacted the tower and told them that he was having trouble with crosswind on runway 28. The control tower then offered runway 4. The pilot stated that on the third approach, "I placed the aircraft with good speed control at the center of the runway while holding against a moderate crosswind from the left", but that "Within a few feet...a crosswind (seemingly quartering tailwind) from the right lifted the right wing", and that the aircraft then "arced immediately to the left" and subsequently ground looped at low speed. The aircraft's tailwheel collapsed during the ground loop. The pilot stated that at the approximate time of the accident, "two windsocks were visible indicating moderately strong winds in 180 degree opposite directions on the same runway." According to a special weather observation taken at Redmond at 1310, winds were variable between 280 and 010 degrees true at 8 knots.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions during landing. A factor was variable winds.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA01LA137
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 05-Apr-2024 05:46 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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