- Date
- November 8, 1992, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4069ZPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921108056619A
- Case key
- 18286
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control and the instructor's inadequate supervision.
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 CFI (certified flight instructor) was giving the private pilot a checkout in a tail wheel equipped airplane. The CFI reported winds as light and variable while the private pilot stated they were from 160 degrees gusting to 25 knots. The CFI reported that the accident was proceeded by several good landings, but that during the accident landing, the pilot used rudder pedals excessively. The pilot stated that wind caused a loss of directional control and that after aligning the airplane on centerline, the CFI instructed him to lock the brakes. The airplane ground looped and the left wing struck the runway. The accident was not reported until 05/11/93.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4069Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-8079
- Airframe hours
- 7,213
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Double Eagle Aviation, doing business as Flying Z Aviation
- Registered owner
- Permian Elevator, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 14, 1992
- Departed
- AEG
- Destination
- AEG
- Airport
- AEG · Double Eagle II, runway 22, 7,398 × 100 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
- 40
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 561 total · 20 in this make and model · 460 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °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 N4069Z · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.