- Date
- September 21, 1987, 09:13 local (15:13 UTC)
- Place
- Gillette, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9659ABakeng Deuce
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870921058729A
- Case key
- 17071
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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.
Analysis
The plt rprtd that on each of his 1st 3 attempts to land, he began losing directional control during roll-out & went around. On the 4th attempt, he again tried to go around, but the acft swerved off the rwy & ground looped, collapsing the left main gear & damaging the left wing & prop. An investigation revealed that a weld on the tailwheel spring bracket failed & allowed the tailwheel to pivot from side to side.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9659A
- Reported as
- Bakeng Deuce
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1006
- Airframe hours
- 139
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-G, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John Payne Geyman
- Registered owner
- John P Geyman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · November 21, 1986 · 59 hours before
- Departed
- RAP · Rapid City, SD
- Destination
- GCC
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- GCC · Gillette Campbell County, runway 16, 7,500 × 150 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,589 total · 32 in this make and model · 1,589 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GCC, 3 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 N9659A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.