- Date
- August 30, 1993, 17:00 local (Aug 31, 1993, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Victory, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9016YPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19930830032369A
- Case key
- 2418
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Probable cause
The partial failure of the airplane's brake system. Factor was the intentional ground looping by the pilot-in-command.
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
Upon landing the pilot-in-command stated he had no brakes on the left side so he intentionally ground looped the airplane. He stated the brakes were modified with a cleveland brake modification. He stated the bolt heads pulled through the backing plate. He did not submit any parts for examination.
Factual narrative
On August 30, 1993 at 1700 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Piper, PA-18-150 airplane, N9016Y, registered to and operated by the Pilot-in-Command, intentionally ground looped during the landing roll at a private airstrip located near mile 102 of the Glenn Highway. The personal flight, operating under 14 CFR Part 91, last departed the airstrip for a local flight. No flight plan was filed and visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The airplane was substantially damaged and the Private Certificated Pilot in Command, the sole occupant, was not injured.
According to the Pilot in Command upon landing he realized he had no brakes on the left side during the landing roll and as a result ground looped the airplane causing damage to both left wing spars, wing tip, aileron and elevator. The Pilot stated the airplane was equipped with a Cleveland Brake Wheel modification and the bolt heads pulled through the backing plate.
The Pilot-in-Command did not submit a NTSB Form 6120.1/2 and the bolts and backing plate for the Cleveland Brake Wheel modification were not submitted for examination.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9016Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stevensen, William E.
- Registered owner
- Stevensen, William E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- Near Victory
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,186 total · 40 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
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 N9016Y · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.