Cessna 175 N9388B

Summary

On 27 July 2013 at about 14:30 local time, a Cessna 175 registered N9388B was involved in an accident near Willimantic, Connecticut, United States. 3 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

27 July 2013 at 14:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Willimantic, Connecticut, United States

Nearest airport

Windham Airport (IJD)

Coordinates

41.7397, -72.1739

Aircraft

Cessna 175

Registration

N9388B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Marlborough → Willimantic

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA13LA343

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a ground loop.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private pilot was landing the tailwheel-equipped airplane on a paved runway. During the landing roll, a ground witness heard a “shimmy” when the tailwheel made contact with the paved surface. The airplane departed the right side of the runway into grass, where it ground-looped. Postaccident examination revealed that the tailwheel’s left side mounting bolts were found stripped, and the tailwheel was canted to the right; however, there were no wear signatures on the tire to indicate that it had contacted the runway in a canted position. Based on the available information, it is most likely that the tailwheel mounting bolts were damaged during the accident sequence as a result of side-loading forces that occurred when the pilot failed to maintain directional control during the landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.