- Date
- June 26, 1991, 10:49 local (17:49 UTC)
- Place
- Yakima, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7369DPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910626035879A
- Case key
- 41507
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The loss of control by the private pilot and failure of the instructor pilot to perform remedial action.
Analysis
The private pilot was receiving transition training in tail wheel equipped acft and lost directional control during landing gnd roll. The instr pilot did not take remedial action before the acft swerved off the rwy and gnd looped.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7369D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-5734
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- John P. Herke
- Registered owner
- John P. Herke
- Airport
- YKM · Yakima, runway 27, 7,603 × 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
- 45
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 6,500 total · 300 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7369D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.