- Date
- October 1, 1986, 19:30 local (Oct 2, 1986, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sulpher, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7533YPiper PA-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861001048899A
- Case key
- 22285
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Analysis
The pilot landed long at a private grass airstrip and deliberately ground looped the aircraft to avoid overrunning the airstrip into a three foot ditch. The nose gear collapsed during the ground loop and the wings and main gears were damaged when the aircraft slid sideways across a ditch at the end of the runway. The pilot reported little braking action as the airstrip was wet from recent rains.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7533Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30-596
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-B1A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Brian A. Dunlop
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 25, 1986
- Departed
- LCH · Lake Charles, LA
- Airport
- runway 18, 2,600 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,578 total · 800 in this make and model · 800 as pilot in command · 231 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 170° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LCH, 12 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 N7533Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.