- Date
- July 19, 1993, 22:30 local (Jul 20, 1993, 04:30 UTC)
- Place
- Eagle, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1113NPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930719024829A
- Case key
- 18301
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control.
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 pilot said he flew the VASI slope at 60 mph using 10 degrees of flaps. The airplane was flared and a wheels landing was made at 40 mph. The airplane started to fishtail and the nose veered to the left. The right wing contacted the runway and the airplane ground looped and skidded off the left side of the runway, coming to rest on its nose.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1113N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7509033
- Airframe hours
- 898
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Amelia Flying Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Amelia Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 17, 1993 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- GNB · Granby, CO
- Airport
- EGE · Eagle Co. Regional, runway 25, 8,000 × 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
- 36
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 200 in this make and model · 6,000 as pilot in command · 272 in the last 90 days · 91 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 230° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 99 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.