Piper PA-18-125 accident near Afton, WY
On November 28, 1999, a Piper PA-18-125 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Afton, WY. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 28, 1999
- Place
- Afton, WY
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-18-125 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 42.721°N, 110.921°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X20086
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 28, 1999, approximately 1005 mountain standard time, a Piper PA-18-125, N1132A, registered to and operated by the pilot, was destroyed when it impacted terrain adjacent to the Afton Municipal Airport, Afton, Wyoming. The commercial pilot and his passenger were fatally injured. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed for the personal cross-country flight being conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91. The flight was originating at the time of the accident. The pilot and his passenger were en route home to Nampa, Idaho, after spending the Thanksgiving holidays with the passenger's parents in Oshkosh, Nebraska. According to one local pilot who was doing touch-and-go landings at the airport, it was dark when N1132A landed. The pilot taxied the airplane to a service station next to the airport, located at 1850 S. Washington Street, and refueled. According to the Trailside Store clerk, the pilot paid $24.73 for 18.199 gallons of regular 85 octane unleaded automotive gasoline. The time stamped on the cash receipt was 2037. The pilot tied down his airplane on the ramp and secured the use of the airport's courtesy car. He and his passenger then checked into the Mountain Inn Motel. The bill was paid using the passenger's credit card. The next morning approximately 0900, two Aviat test pilots were preflighting an airplane for departure and noticed the pilot and his passenger trying to jump start their airplane's engine. They said that when they departed Afton on a test flight, there was a fog bank to the west of the a
Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to remove frost from the wings prior to takeoff, causing an inadvertent stall/spin on initial climbout. Factors included exceeding the aircraft's certificated gross weight, and fog conditions.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
