Piper PA-18-150 N905CC

Summary

On 18 November 2008 at about 22:10 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N905CC, operated by Doss Aviation Inc., was involved in an accident near Colorado Springs, 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

18 November 2008 at 22:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

USAF Academy Airfiled (AFF)

Coordinates

38.9683, -104.8078

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-150

Registration

N905CC

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Doss Aviation Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Glider Tow

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Colorado Spring → Colorado Spring

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN09CA069

Nobody was injured.

Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control and his failure to compensate for wind conditions. Contributing to the accident were gusting winds with a wind shear warning in effect.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot, after completing the final towing flight for the day, he returned land. He was cleared to land runway 34L and touched down "on the numbers and centerline with full flaps at 45 miles per hour(MPH)." The pilot reported that the airplane immediately weather vaned to the left, and headed for the left runway edge. He applied corrective countermeasures, "over corrected", and the airplane departed the right side of the runway. The airplane came to rest on the soft shoulder after completing 180 degrees of turn (ground loop). During the ground loop maneuver, the airplane sustained a bent outer left wing and aileron, and a bent left horizontal stabilizer. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunction/failure of the airplane prior to the accident and was able to taxi the plane to it's hangar after recovery. Wind conditions reported at the time of the accident were 290 degrees at 15 MPH gusting to 20 MPH with a wind shear warning in effect.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.