Piper PA-18 N6966D

Summary

On 16 June 2001 at about 16:55 local time, a Piper PA-18 registered N6966D was involved in an accident near Homer, Alaska, United States. One person was 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

16 June 2001 at 16:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Homer, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Homer (PAHO)

Coordinates

59.6456, -151.4767

Aircraft

Piper PA-18

Registration

N6966D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Homer → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC01LA101

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's inadvertent ground loop. A factor in the accident was the pilot's lack of total experience.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot, holder of a student pilot certificate, was landing a tailwheel-equipped airplane at the conclusion of a local area flight. He said he landed hard, the airplane bounced, and then ground looped to the left. The right main landing gear wheel rim was broken, and the right wingtip scraped the ground. The pilot said his total accrued flight time was about 55 hours, and he was uncertain if the airplane sustained any damage to the wing structure. One month later, an airplane mechanic notified the NTSB IIC, and reported that the right wing received damage to the wing spar.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.