- Date
- June 14, 1992, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Walnut Ridge, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3711PPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920614020309A
- Case key
- 18518
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Probable cause
The inadvertent ground loop. A factor was the pilots total lack of experience in type airplane.
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 was performing stop and go landings on the concrete runway with his tail wheel airplane. A wheel landing was accomplished on the eighth landing. As the airplane decelerated to approximately 15 mph the tail wheel was lowered. The airplane veered to the right. The pilot attempted to correct the turn by applying left brake and rudder. The airplane continued the ground loop and the left main gear collapsed allowing the propeller and left wing to impact the terrain. The pilot had recently purchased the airplane and reported a total of two hours in the model. He stated to the FAA inspector that he normally flew tricycle gear aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3711P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-3429
- Airframe hours
- 3,145
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gilmore, Garland W.
- Registered owner
- Gilmore, Garland W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 11, 1992 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- ARG
- Destination
- ARG
- Airport
- ARG · Walnut Ridge Reg., runway 17, 5,000 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 2 in this make and model · 225 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N3711P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.