20190103000109A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18-135 · Longmont, CO · January 3, 2019

Date
January 3, 2019 · 13:15 local
Place
Longmont, CO
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N89018
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA19CA117
Reported as
Piper PA-18-135
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-290 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot

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.

Have written statement on police report stating that the pilot over corrected a drift on touchdown which caused a ground loop and left hand main gear collapse.

As the FAA filed it

HAVE WRITTEN STATEMENT ON POLICE REPORT STATING THAT THE PILOT OVER CORRECTED A DRIFT ON TOUCHDOWN WHICH CAUSED A GROUND LOOP AND LEFT HAND MAIN GEAR COLLAPSE.

NTSB investigation

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

Other reports on N89018 · 1

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