- Date
- August 17, 1987, 17:18 local (Aug 18, 1987, 01:18 UTC)
- Place
- Homer, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3580MPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870817045759A
- Case key
- 4892
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot stated after the landing rollout he lost directional control of the aircraft causing a groundloop on the runway. This landing was the first full stall landing of the flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3580M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 122510
- Airframe hours
- 3,215
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sarah M. Baxter
- Registered owner
- Sarah M Baxter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 15, 1986 · 75 hours before
- Airport
- HOM · Homer, runway 21, 7,401 × 150 ft
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 859 total · 12 in this make and model · 616 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HOM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3580M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.