- Date
- March 25, 1989, 12:01 local (19:01 UTC)
- Place
- Great Falls, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4273ZPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890325009729A
- Case key
- 17686
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot in compensate adequately for wind conditions, and landing despite having been alerted to wind conditions.
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 reported that after landing on runway 21, he was cleared to taxi down the active runway until reaching a taxiway. While taxiing down the runway, the right wing lifted up and the left wing struck the ground. The plt lost control of the acft and it flipped over on its back. The winds were reported to be 20 knots, gusting to 26 knots. The FAA control tower had advised the plt of current wind info at initial contact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4273Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-8520
- Airframe hours
- 2,196
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- D-O Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 21, 1988
- Departed
- 6S8 · Laurel, MT
- Destination
- GTF
- Airport
- GTF · Great Falls International, runway 21, 10,502 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 182 total · 82 in this make and model · 60 as pilot in command · 69 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 20 knots, gusting 26
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GTF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.