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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA18135 · Yakima, WA · June 21, 1987

Date
June 21, 1987 · 11:23 local
Place
Yakima, WA
Airport
Yakima Air Terminal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N27039
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA87LA120
Reported as
Piper PA18135
Reported engine
Lycoming O290D2
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
552 total8 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

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

Lost directional control while landing in a gusty crosswind. Veered off the runway and ground looped.

As the FAA filed it

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHILE LANDING IN A GUSTY CROSSWIND. VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND 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.