Plane Crash List

Piper PA-18-150 N82213

30 October 2011 · Grangeville, Idaho, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 30 October 2011 at about 22:30 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N82213, operated by Solar Club Inc, was involved in an accident near Grangeville, Idaho, 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 22:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Grangeville, Idaho, United States
Nearest airport
Idaho County Airport (KGIC)
Coordinates
45.9425, -116.1236
Aircraft
Piper PA-18-150
Registration
N82213
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Solar Club Inc
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Grangeville → Grangeville
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
WPR12CA028

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot, who was flying a tailwheel-equipped airplane, was performing a full-stop landing on a paved runway. Although his touchdown was uneventful, he reported that, during the landing roll, he lost control of the airplane when he encountered a crosswind of about 10 knots. After the pilot lost control, the airplane ground looped, and the left wing struck the runway with sufficient force to bend the wing spars. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical anomalies or malfunctions of the airplane's directional control system.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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