- Date
- December 1, 1985, 08:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Calexico, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7728KPiper PA-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851201064259A
- Case key
- 25027
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft ground looped during a landing on rwy 08 at Calexico arpt. The plt reported that upon touchdown the acft began to swerve to the right. The plt applied left rudder to arrest the right swerve. The acft then began a swerve to the left and the plt was unable to arrest the turn. The acft ground looped and the right main landing gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7728K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20-550
- Airframe hours
- 2,200
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James Gillaspie
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1985 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- YUM · Yuma, AZ
- Airport
- CXL · Calexico Int'L, runway 8, 5,000 × 75 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,333 total · 157 in this make and model · 1,315 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.