Burns PIETENPOL AIR CAMPER N350MB

Summary

On 28 July 1999 at about 14:43 local time, a Burns PIETENPOL AIR CAMPER registered N350MB was involved in an accident near Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 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.

Date

28 July 1999 at 14:43

Classification

Accident

Location

Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States

Nearest airport

Wittman Regional (OSH)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Burns PIETENPOL AIR CAMPER

Registration

N350MB

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hartford → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI99FA260

Nobody was injured.

the pilot failed to maintain directional control and ground looped the airplane. Factors included the crosswind and the turbulence from the DC-3.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported he extended the approach to land on runway 18 taxiway where he had been cleared to land. He reported, 'At the same time as my approach and flare to land, a DC-3 was upwind and to the front of me landing on runway 18. On my flare out I encountered wind turbulence from the DC-3 that caused my upwind wing to pitch up while my left wing touched the taxiway. This resulted in a ground loop off the left side of the taxiway.' On the day of the accident the pilot reported to investigators that there was a crosswind and a little tailwind, and that he landed slightly crooked into the wind. He reported that he landed with power but was about 10 mph to slow for the crosswind conditions. He reported that a DC-3 had touched down on runway 18 before he landed on taxiway 18.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.