Aviat A-1C-180 N52PH

Summary

On 19 September 2009 at about 15:25 local time, a Aviat A-1C-180 registered N52PH was involved in an accident near Princeton, Minnesota, 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

19 September 2009 at 15:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Princeton, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

Princeton Municipal (PNM)

Coordinates

45.5667, -93.6000

Aircraft

Aviat A-1C-180

Registration

N52PH

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Eden Prarie → Princeton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN09CA596

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that during landing the airplane's tail began to "oscillate" when it contacted the runway. The airplane then drifted off the right side of the runway and the right main landing gear wheel encountered the adjacent terrain. The airplane nosed over and sustained substantial damage that included wrinkling of the left wing skin, damage to the vertical stabilizer, and damage to the left side of the fuselage near the windshield. The pilot and pilot-rated passenger were uninjured. No mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation were noted.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.