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Piper PA-18-135 N9058G

27 December 2000 · Longmont, Colorado, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 27 December 2000 at about 19:15 local time, a Piper PA-18-135 registered N9058G was involved in an accident near Longmont, Colorado, 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 19:15
Classification
Accident
Location
Longmont, Colorado, United States
Nearest airport
Vance Brand Airport (2V2)
Coordinates
40.1636, -105.1631
Aircraft
Piper PA-18-135
Registration
N9058G
Category
Airplane
Engines
2
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Longmont → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
DEN01LA035

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

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

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot said that she was landing on runway 29 when she drifted off the left side. She said that when she corrected to the right to get the airplane back on the runway, the airplane impacted a ditch which bent the right main landing gear. Subsequently, the right wing hit the ground and the rear spar carry thru was bent.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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