# Accident 19820620024199A: Piper PA18, Hobart, IN, June 20, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1982, 10:50 local time
- Place: Hobart, IN
- Airport: Hobart
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5135° N, 87.2764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hobart, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5135&lon=-87.2764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N897SP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N897SP-2017-03-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-C4P (registry code 42289, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-c4p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Reported engine: LYC O290D2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,565 total, 450 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI82DA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA220) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820620024199A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE QUIT DURING STEEP CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO TREES DURING EMERGENCY LANDING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI82DA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA220), Jun 20, 1982: Piper PA-18 (N897SP), Hobart, IN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N897SP (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20080606838659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080606838659A), Jun 6, 2008: Piper PA18 (N897SP), Quinhagak, AK, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) The accident occurred on Friday, June 6, 2008 at about 1910 LCL time, 15 miles to the southwest of Quinhagak, AK. A trooper airplane saw the column of…
- [Incident 20050814021249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050814021249I), Aug 14, 2005: Piper PA18 (N897SP), Clark Fork, MT, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot states he lost power while flying at approximately 500 feet over the Clark Fork south of frenchtown, Montana. The pilot then set up for an approach…
- [Accident 19990606021589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990606021589A), Jun 6, 1999: Piper PA18 (N897SP), Glenwood Spring, CO, Substantial damage. On June 6, 1999, at 1617 mountain daylight time, a Piper PA-18, N897SP, was substantially damaged when it collided with terrain while landing at Glenwood…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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