- Date
- May 12, 1990, 17:17 local (May 13, 1990, 00:17 UTC)
- Place
- Wenatchee, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4527HPiper PA-15
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900512015619A
- Case key
- 41193
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.
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 reported that during the landing rollout, he lost directional control. Subsequently, the aircraft ground-looped to the right, resulting in damage to the left wing and left landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4527H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-15
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15-300
- Engine
- Lycoming O-145-B2, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Craig Christopher
- Departed
- EAT
- Airport
- EAT · Wenatchee, runway 11, 5,499 × 150 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 120 total · 15 in this make and model · 120 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 18,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- EAT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.