- Date
- July 25, 1989, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Boulder, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9967QPiper PA-18-135
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890725028719A
- Case key
- 17753
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control, which resulted in an inadvertent ground swerve and subsequent damage to the wing.
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 he made a wheel landing on rwy 8 with winds that he estimated were light & variable. He said that during the landing roll, the plane swerved to the right. He attempted to correct the swerve, but to no avail. The left wing struck the ground between the rwy & twy. During the occurrence, the left wing spar was bent & the main landing gear was damaged, but the plt was able to taxi the plane to the hangar.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9967Q
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-135
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-4012
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dakota Ridge Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- 3V5 · Fort Collins, CO
- Destination
- 1V5
- Airport
- IV5 · Boulder, runway 8, 4,100 × 75 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
- 26
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 420 total · 40 in this make and model · 340 as pilot in command · 130 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N9967Q · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.