- Date
- April 25, 1993, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Spooner, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N93818Grumman TBM-3E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930425037479A
- Case key
- 15712
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control.
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 reported he was landing on sod runway 27 with a gusty crosswind from 300 degrees. He was unable to maintain directional control, and the airplane ground looped. The pilot lists 2.2 hours total flight experience in the world war two vintage airplane at the time of the accident. No preaccident mechanical anomaly was discovered or claimed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93818
- Reported as
- Grumman TBM-3E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 53818
- Airframe hours
- 2,055
- Engine
- Wright R-2600-20, 1,750 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Amclyde Engineered Products
- Registered owner
- Amclyde Engineered Products
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Limited (Special)
- Last inspection
- AAIP · February 25, 1993 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- ANE · Blaine, MN
- Destination
- PVT
- Airport
- Private, runway 27, 4,000 × 200 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,100 total · 2 in this make and model · 1,019 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.