ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144293
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Date: | Thursday 8 March 2012 |
Time: | 12:50 |
Type: | Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N2986P |
MSN: | 18-4499 |
Year of manufacture: | 1955 |
Total airframe hrs: | 3856 hours |
Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-A2A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Private airstrip, east of Fort Collins, CO -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Greeley, CO (GXY) |
Destination airport: | Fort Collins, CO (PVT) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The pilot reported that he was landing the airplane at a private landing strip on his property. The flag near the landing location indicated a calm wind. The pilot said that the airplane encountered some turbulence and wind gusts during the landing approach. He attempted a go-around and made a right turn to avoid the rising terrain. He said that he did not maintain flying speed and the airplane impacted trees and the wing spars were substantially damaged. The pilot said that there were no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane.
Probable Cause: The pilot did not maintain adequate airspeed and airplane control during the go-around, which resulted in the airplane impacting trees.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CEN12CA183 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Mar-2012 14:22 |
gerard57 |
Added |
08-Mar-2012 19:34 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
21-Dec-2016 19:26 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
27-Nov-2017 20:27 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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