- Date
- July 22, 2001, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tulelake, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7696LPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
- FAA report
- 20010722016829A
- Case key
- 52803
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Probable cause
The right main tire blew out resulting in a loss of directional control and a ground loop.
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 right wing and elevator sustained damage during a ground loop. The landing roll was normal until the right main tire blew and the pilot lost control. The airplane veered off the runway and ground looped.
Factual narrative
On July 22, 2001, about 1000 hours Pacific daylight time, a Piper PA-18-150, N7696L, blew a tire and ground looped on landing at Tulelake, California. Macy Flying Service, Inc., was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured; the airplane sustained substantial damage. The personal local flight departed about 0830. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed.
The pilot submitted a written statement. He said the landing roll was normal until the right main tire blew and he lost control. The airplane veered off the runway and completed a ground loop, which damaged the right wing and elevator.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7696L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7409124
- Airframe hours
- 2,992
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Macy Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 7, 2001 · 29 hours before
- Departed
- O81 · Tulelake, CA
- Airport
- O81 · Tulelake Municipal, runway 29, 3,577 × 44 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
- 46
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- July 16, 2000
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,700 total · 125 in this make and model · 1,650 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.12 inHg
- Observed at
- LMT, 23 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.