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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper STCPA12 · Homer, AK · August 17, 1987

Date
August 17, 1987 · 17:18 local
Place
Homer, AK
Airport
Homer
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3580M
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC87LA125
Reported as
Piper STCPA12
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
859 total12 in this make and model10 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 on the landing roll during touch and go resulting in a ground loop.

As the FAA filed it

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON THE LANDING ROLL DURING TOUCH AND GO RESULTING IN A GROUND LOOP.

NTSB investigation

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