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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Santana Barry W PA-18 REPLICA · Ronan, MT · August 8, 2012

Date
August 8, 2012 · 12:30 local
Place
Ronan, MT
Airport
Ronan
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3AK
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR12LA348
Reported as
Santana Barry W PA-18 Replica
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
47 in this make and model

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What happened

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

Pilot lost control on rollout, ground looped off the runway into drainage ditch. Substantial damage to left main landing gear, propeller, left wing.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LOST CONTROL ON ROLLOUT, GROUND LOOPED OFF THE RUNWAY INTO DRAINAGE DITCH. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, PROPELLER, LEFT WING.

NTSB investigation

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