- Date
- September 27, 1992, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Plattsmouth, NE
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1270CPiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920927042279A
- Case key
- 15563
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to adequately compensate for wind conditions, and his not maintaining directional control.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane landed on runway 16. The pilot lost directional control on roll out, and the airplane ground looped. Local winds were not recorded; however, a reporting station 26 miles to the north was reporting winds of 350 degrees at 14 knots, 21 minutes after the accident. The pilot estimated the winds at the accident site to be 240 degrees at 10 to 15 knots, with gusts as high as 20 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1270C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-1063
- Airframe hours
- 1,530
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hobson, Claude I.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 15, 1991 · 85 hours before
- Airport
- PMV · Plattsmouth Airport, runway 16, 3,000 × 50 ft, concrete
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
- 69
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,005 total · 92 in this make and model · 7,950 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OVN, 26 nm away
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 N1270C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.