- Date
- August 31, 2007, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Rawlins, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3914ZPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 66590
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. A contributing factor to the accident was the crosswind.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot made a normal landing on runway 28. During the landing rollout, "a crosswind caused the airplane to yaw uncontrollably to the right and it departed the runway." The airplane departed the runway surface, the left main gear sank into soft terrain, and the airplane's left wing struck the terrain. The left rear wing spar and the left aileron were bent. The wind conditions at the time of the accident were 330 degrees at 14 gusting to 23 knots.
Factual narrative
According to a statement by the pilot, he made a normal landing on runway 28. During the landing rollout, "a crosswind caused the airplane to yaw uncontrollably to the right and it departed the runway." As the plane departed the runway surface, the left main gear sank into soft terrain and subsequently, the airplane's left wing contacted the terrain. The commercial rated pilot and pilot-rated passenger were not injured. Examination of the airplane revealed that the left rear wing spar and the left aileron were bent. The wind conditions at the time of the accident were 330 degrees at 14 gusting to 23 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3914Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7731
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald L. McMillen
- Registered owner
- Ronald H. Bair
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BPI · Big Piney, WY
- Destination
- RWL · Rawlins, WY
- Airport
- RWL · Rawlins Municipal Airport, runway 28
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Flight hours
- 1,300 total · 350 in this make and model · 350 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.23 inHg
- Observed at
- KRWL
Other investigations on N3914Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.