19820817038779A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA18150 · Watertown, SD · August 17, 1982

Date: August 17, 1982 · 18:05 local
Place: Watertown, SD
Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N154T
NTSB investigation: NTSBDEN82FTK06
Reported as: Piper PA18150
Reported engine: Lycoming O320*
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 705 total240 in this make and model165 in the last 90 days

N154TRegistered now · Piper PA-18-105 SPECIALS/N 18-2268 Airframe modelPiper PA-18-105 SPECIAL Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Entered a high speed stall in a steep turn at 50 feet AGL. Aircraft rolled inverted and crashed. High humidity.

As the FAA filed it

ENTERED A HIGH SPEED STALL IN A STEEP TURN AT 50 FEET AGL. AIRCRAFT ROLLED INVERTED AND CRASHED. HIGH HUMIDITY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB DEN82FTK06Accident · 1 fatalFinal reportWatertown, SDThe pilot was spraying a sunflower field next to an alfalfa field that was being irrigated. As he pulled up from his third swath run, he began a procedure turn-around over the alfalfa field. During the turn, the plane rolled to an inverted attitude, then…Aug 17, 1982 · Destroyed

Other reports on N154T · 1

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

Accident 20210513008889ATakeoff: Departure Roll · Palmer, AKPilot was well rested, they had spent the night at Mud Strip. That morning they walked the strip twice checking on the condition of the runway. The runway was very muddy. On the takeoff roll at approximately 20 to 30 mph the right tire encounter very sticky…May 13, 2021 · Substantial damage