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.
Other Piper PA-18 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jun 2000 | Piper PA-18-160 | Palmer, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 Apr 2000 | Piper PA-18-150 | Big Lake, Alaska, United States | Trent R. Davey | No injuries | - |
| 11 Sep 2000 | Piper PA-18 | Sparrevohn, Alaska, United States | Rocky McElveen | Serious injuries | - |
| 15 Aug 2000 | Piper PA-18 | Arctic Village, Alaska, United States | REX W. Maurer | Serious injuries | - |
| 26 Feb 2000 | Piper PA-18 | New Ulm, Texas, United States | Leonard F. Firth | Minor injuries | - |
| 2 Sep 2000 | Piper PA-18 | McGrath, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 2,950 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 30 Oct 2000 | Bell 206L-1 | Mesa Verde, Colorado, United States | U.s. Bureau of Reclamation | No injuries | - |
| 30 May 2000 | Piper PA-44-180T | Englewood, Colorado, United States | Aspen Flying Club | No injuries | - |
| 8 Apr 2000 | Beechcraft A60 | Englewood, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 13 Nov 2000 | Mooney M20J | Longmont, Colorado, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
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