- Date
- February 11, 1987, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Oxford, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7182BPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870211002609A
- Case key
- 30603
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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 plt rprtd that drg a lndg, the acft enctrd a gust of wind & veered into a ground loop before he could correct the situation. The acft then hit a snowbank at the side of the rwy & was damaged. The plt rprtd the wind was from 300 deg at 12 gusting 15 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7182B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-5221
- Airframe hours
- 1,050
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stephen F. Cusson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 4, 1986
- Airport
- MA08 · Oxford, runway 2, 2,047 × 50 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 455 total · 31 in this make and model · 371 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 12 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.