19931007042999I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA18 · Denver, CO · October 7, 1993

Date
October 7, 1993 · 11:10 local
Place
Denver, CO
Airport
Centennial Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N235T
Reported as
Piper PA18
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
380 total10 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.

Wind gust caused pilot to lose directional control on rollout. Aircraft ground looped. Right gear folded.

As the FAA filed it

WIND GUST CAUSED PILOT TO LOSE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON ROLLOUT. AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED. RIGHT GEAR FOLDED.