19871212082199A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Fellsmere, FL · December 12, 1987

Date
December 12, 1987 · 07:45 local
Place
Fellsmere, FL
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N80BJ
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA88LA061
Reported as
Piper PA18150
Reported engine
Lycoming O320A2B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
814 total680 in this make and model9 in the last 90 days

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.

Pilot chose to land on dirt road. Ballooned on landing. Crosswind blew plane off road. Hit a tree. Stopped upright.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT CHOSE TO LAND ON DIRT ROAD. BALLOONED ON LANDING. CROSSWIND BLEW PLANE OFF ROAD. HIT A TREE. STOPPED UPRIGHT.

NTSB investigation

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