- Date
- May 21, 1994, 13:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Ogden, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N103TBChristen Industries Husky
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940521011829A
- Case key
- 41929
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind condiitons. The wind gusts were a factor.
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 stated that upon touchdown, she encountered a wind gust and lost directional control of the airplane. She also stated that things happened so quickly that she did not have time to execute a go-around. She immediately applied full right aileron and left rudder. She ran out of rudder and ground looped just off the end of the runway.
Factual narrative
On May 21, 1994, at 1315 mountain daylight time, a Christen Husky, N103TB, sustained substantial damage after a ground loop during landing at Ogden, Utah. The private pilot, who was an owner of the aircraft, was uninjured. No flight plan was filed for the local flight, which originated at Ogden. There was no fire, and the ELT did not actuate.
The pilot stated to an FAA inspector that directional control was lost after touchdown. The wing sustained spar damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N103TB
- Reported as
- Christen Industries Husky
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1078
- Airframe hours
- 419
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-C1G, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hanson, Barbara L.
- Registered owner
- Hanson, Barbara L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 23, 1994 · 12 hours before
- Airport
- OGD · Ogden-Hinkley, runway 16, 5,352 × 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
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 309 total · 160 in this make and model · 238 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 8 knots, gusting 14
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °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.