19800225004379A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-22-150 · Phoenix, AZ · February 25, 1980

Date
February 25, 1980 · 14:00 local
Place
Phoenix, AZ
Airport
Sky Harbor
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8447D
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80DUJ35
Reported as
Piper PA22150
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
675 total126 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Lost directional control on landing tail wheel type airplane. Ground-looped.

As the FAA filed it

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING TAIL WHEEL TYPE AIRPLANE. GROUND-LOOPED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.