Piper PA-18 N2396J

Summary

On 7 August 2006 at about 18:00 local time, a Piper PA-18 registered N2396J was involved in an accident near Waukesha, Wisconsin, 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

7 August 2006 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

Waukesha County Airport (UES)

Coordinates

43.0472, -88.2361

Aircraft

Piper PA-18

Registration

N2396J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Brookfield → Waukesha

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI06CA228

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind and failure to maintain directional control which resulted in a groundloop. Factors included the closed runway and the crosswind condition.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The tailwheel equipped airplane ground looped during the landing rollout. The pilot reported that he had performed two stop and go landings at another airport before landing at the accident airport. He reported that runway 18/36 was closed and runway 28 was the active runway. He reported that he noticed that the windsock was "straight out" indicating that the winds were from the south creating a left crosswind landing. He reported that during the landing rollout "the aircraft ground looped to the right hitting the left wing on the runway." About 15 minutes prior to the accident, the reported winds were 340 degrees at 5 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.