Piper PA-18 N897SP

Summary

On 6 June 1999 at about 22:17 local time, a Piper PA-18 registered N897SP was involved in an accident near Glenwood Sprngs, Colorado, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

6 June 1999 at 22:17

Classification

Accident

Location

Glenwood Sprngs, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Glenwood Springs Mun (GWS)

Coordinates

39.5409, -107.3297

Aircraft

Piper PA-18

Registration

N897SP

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Ferry

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Heber → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN99LA097

Nobody was injured.

The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain directional control. A related factor was the gusty quartering tailwind.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The back seat pilot had recently purchased the airplane and was ferrying it home, accompanied by the pilot-in-command, who was seated in the front seat. When the airplane touched down, it veered off the right side of runway 14. Both pilots agreed that 'a gust of wind' caused the loss of control. Before control could be regained, the airplane collided with several parked vehicles, causing spar and rib damage to the right wing. Runway 32 was reported to be the active runway. Winds recorded at the nearest official weather reporting facility, located 26 miles northeast of the accident site, were from 240 degrees at 18 knots, with gusts to 22 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.