18 Mar 2010: PIPER PA-22-160 — SALTZMAN JOHN

18 Mar 2010: PIPER PA-22-160 — SALTZMAN JOHN

No fatalities • Phoenix, AZ, United States

Probable cause

The student pilot's inadequate compensation for the quartering tailwind during landing and the flight instructor's delay in taking remedial action.

— NTSB Determination

Accident narrative

The flight instructor said that he was giving the student pilot a final instructional flight before his Federal Aviation Administration private pilot certificate check ride. The student was flying the airplane and they were cleared for the option to runway 30L; the wind was from 180 degrees at 7 knots. The flight instructor alerted the student to the left quartering tailwind for the landing. The touchdown was normal, but as the airplane slowed, it began to drift left. Both pilots applied right rudder and then left rudder; however, directional control was lost, and the airplane ground looped. The left wing impacted the runway, bending and wrinkling the wing. Additionally, the aft fuselage was bent and wrinkled near the tail wheel.

Contributing factors

  • cause Directional control — Not attained/maintained
  • cause Instructor/check pilot
  • cause Response/compensation

Conditions

Weather
VMC, wind 180/07kt, vis 45sm

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