- Date
- June 16, 1990, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Altheimer, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N57706Piper PA-36-400
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900616023859A
- Case key
- 35002
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Probable cause
Directional control was not maintained by the pilot in command. Contributing factors were landing with a tailwind. Compensation for wind conditions not considered and selection of the wrong runway.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
While attempting to land down wind on a private sod strip, during an aerial application operation, the commercial pilot lost direction control, ground-looped, then veered off the runway and nosed over. The pilot stated that he attempted to regain control with braking, but felt that he had no brakes. Investigation failed to reveal any brake malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57706
- Reported as
- Piper PA-36-400
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 36-7660032
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-720-A1B, 400 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Ag Air Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Airport
- NONE
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 20
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 926 total · 98 in this make and model · 810 as pilot in command · 109 in the last 90 days · 83 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N57706 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.