19890120003169A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Medicine Lake, MT · January 20, 1989

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal NTSB investigation search

Date: January 20, 1989 · 10:30 local
Place: Medicine Lake, MT
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: RULG
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N83596
Reported as: Piper PA18150
Reported engine: Lycoming O320A2B
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,000 total1,200 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N83596Registered now · Piper PA-18-150S/N 18-7709096 · Built 1977 Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150 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.

Landed skiplane in a snow covered field to visit friends. Hit packed snow drifts. Gear axle broke. Nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED SKIPLANE IN A SNOW COVERED FIELD TO VISIT FRIENDS. HIT PACKED SNOW DRIFTS. GEAR AXLE BROKE. NOSED OVER.