Piper PA-18-150 N62712

Summary

On 29 January 2006 at about 17:15 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N62712 was involved in an accident near Maricopa, Arizona, United States. 2 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

29 January 2006 at 17:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Maricopa, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

U of A Maricopa AG Center (3AZ2)

Coordinates

33.0767, -111.9833

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-150

Registration

N62712

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chandler → Maricopa

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX06CA097

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing rollout. A factor was the soft dirt adjacent to the runway.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane nosed over during landing rollout after swerving off the runway onto the adjacent soft ground. The pilot made a normal 3-point landing on the 100-foot-wide by 5,300-foot-long runway in the light and variable wind condition. The pilot said that after the airplane was rolling on the ground it veered to the right and she overcorrected to the left. She attempted to bring the airplane back to the center of the runway but was unsuccessful, and the airplane veered off the runway and entered a soft plowed field. The airplane nosed over after encountering the soft soil.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.