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DEN83LA169

1983-07-19 · CODY, Wyoming, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport COD

N88399 has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (ZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INC P2 ZIP), which was not involved in this event.

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Factual narrative

THE ACFT GROUNDLOOPED DURING LANDING AND DAMAGED THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT HAD 80 HOURS IN TAILWHEEL ACFT BUT ONLY 1.6IN THE ACCIDENT MAKE AND MODEL. THE LANDING WAS ON RWY 22 AND THE WIND WAS FROM 130 DEGREES AT 10 TO 12 KTS. THE PLT SLIPPED THE ACFT ON FINAL APPROACH AND MADE A FULL STALL FLARE AND TOUCHDOWN. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE WIND PICKED UP THE LEFT WING AND THE ACFT TURNED LEFT. DURING THE TURN THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE ACFT. THE PLT SAID HE WAS NOTFAMILIAR WITH THE BRAKES AND MAY HAVE INADVERTANTLY APPLIED ONE OF THE BRAKES. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1983_DEN83LA169.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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