# Accident 20090810014829A: Piper PA18, Aspen, CO, August 10, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2009, 07:55 local time
- Place: Aspen, CO
- Airport: Aspen-Pitkin Co/Sardy Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2219° N, 106.8682° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ASPEN-PITKIN COUNTY/SARDY FLD (ASE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2219&lon=-106.8682&mi=10
- Aircraft: N350CC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N350CC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090810014829A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) PILOT TAXIED ONTO DEPARTURE RUNWAY WAITED FOR WAKE TURBULENCE FROM DEPARTING GULFSTREAM 5 (SHORT DELAY) APPLIED POWER FROM CENTERLINE THEN IMMEDIATELY VEARED LEFT INTO CLASSIC "GROUND LOOP" OFF OF RUNWAY 33 ON LEFT SIDE.  RIGHT MAIN GEAR FOLDED UNDER AIRCRAFT AND CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO RIGHT STABILIZER, RIGHT OUTBOARD WING PANEL, AND FUSELAGE TAIL CLUSTER.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N350CC (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20221004016709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221004016709I), Oct 4, 2022: Piper PA-18 (N350CC), Creede, CO, Minor damage. Pilot stated that the aircraft had recently undergone its annual maintenance and that the brakes were "tighter" than he was previously accustomed to. When…
- [Accident 20100811040669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100811040669A), Aug 11, 2010: Piper PA-18 (N350CC), Aspen, CO, Substantial damage. On August 11, 2010 at approximately 11:00 am, a single engine Piper PA-18, N350CC was substantially damaged when it departed runway 33 and entered into a…
- [Accident 20090712014839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090712014839A), Jul 12, 2009: Piper PA18 (N350CC), Erie, CO, Substantial damage. (-23) On July 12, 2009 the instructor was instructing student pilot in N408RA, a remos G-3, a light sport category airplane at Erie, colrado tri-county…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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