Piper PA-18-150 N220H
4 July 2001 · Mount Pleasant, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 4 July 2001 at about 15:30 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N220H, operated by Mark R. Elgin, was involved in an accident near Mount Pleasant, Texas, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 15:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Mount Pleasant, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Mount Pleasant Municipal (MSA)
- Coordinates
- 33.1593, -94.9704
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-18-150
- Registration
- N220H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Mark R. Elgin
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Mount Pleasant → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- FTW01LA160
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
the pilot's inadvertent ground loop during the landing roll. A contributing factor was his lack of total experience in tail wheel-equipped airplanes.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot had received tail wheel endorsement training earlier that day in the accident airplane. The pilot was performing his second solo landing on runway 17 when he ground looped the airplane. The pilot reported that the winds were from the south at 5 knots.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-18 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Aug 2001 | Piper PA-18-135 | Palmer, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Aug 2001 | Piper PA-18-150 | Van Horn, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 8 Nov 2001 | Piper PA-18-150 | Herald, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Jul 2001 | Piper PA-18-150 | Tulelake, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 13 Nov 2001 | Piper PA-18-150 | Brewster, Washington, United States | David C. Smith | No injuries | - |
| 20 Sep 2001 | Piper PA-18 | Port Heiden, Alaska, United States | Wind River Camps | Minor injuries | - |
All 2,950 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jun 2001 | Cessna 340A | Lancaster, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| 30 Apr 2001 | Cessna 172N | Marfa, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 27 Apr 2001 | Hughes 269B | Nacogdoches, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
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