- Date
- July 7, 1991, 13:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Stockton, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7847HPiper PA-12
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910707026399A
- Case key
- 15116
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Probable cause
Compensation for wind conditions not performed, wrong runway selected and aircraft control not maintained by the pilot. Factors related to the accident were a tailwind/crosswind component and a rough runway.
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 said that during a glider tow operation he had returned for landing and failed to notice a wind shift. The landing was made with a quartering tailwind. The pilot stated the airplane contacted a rough spot in the runway during the landing roll and the airplane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7847H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12-747
- Airframe hours
- 3,085
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B3B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Blackhawk Soaring Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · May 15, 1991
- Airport
- UNK · Stockton, runway 18, 2,300 × 80 ft, grass/turf
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 767 total · 5 in this make and model · 496 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
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 N7847H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.