# Accident 19900510015889A: Piper PA18150, Powderville, MT, May 10, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1990, 09:00 local time
- Place: Powderville, MT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.2200° N, 105.6006° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2200&lon=-105.6006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62672, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62672-2024-05-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,291 total, 1,271 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN90LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90LA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900510015889A

## Narrative

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

ENTRY TOO STEEP IN FIELD FOR SPRAYING AND AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND. NO AG CERTIFICATE, PRIVATE OPERATION.

## 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 DEN90LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90LA108), May 10, 1990: Piper PA-18-150 (N62672), Powderville, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN TERRAIN CLEARANCE DURING DESCENT ON AN AERIAL APPLICATION SWATH RUN, RESULTING IN AN IN FLIGHT COLLISION WITH THE TERRAIN. THAT THE PILOT MISJUDGED THE PULL UP ALTITUDE IS…

## Other reports on N62672 (2)

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

- [Accident 19891203049939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891203049939A), Dec 3, 1989: Piper PA18150 (N62672), Powderville, MT, 1 fatal. After a flight pilot left engine running to open gate to hangar. Passenger got out and walked into prop.
- [Accident 19811010066899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811010066899A), Oct 10, 1981: Piper PA18150 (N62672), Ekalaka, MT, Substantial damage. Pilot was landing and realized too late that it was downwind. Aircraft flipped inverted during hard braking.

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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