- Date
- August 8, 1986, 17:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place
- Worland, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1590PPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860808038179A
- Case key
- 17031
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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.
On ground/water encounter with weather
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
Nose over
Analysis
On landing, wind gust lifted left wing and tail section. Acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1590P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-3755
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Larry Dudden
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CPR · Casper, WY
- Airport
- WRL · Worland Muni, runway 28, 3,000 × 100 ft, dirt
N1590PRegistered now · Piper PA-18-135Airframe modelPiper PA-18-135Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 346 total · 179 in this make and model · 341 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 12 knots, gusting 28
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.