# Accident 19970215001599A: Piper PA18A150, Livingston, CA, February 15, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 1997, 16:33 local time
- Place: Livingston, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3210° N, 120.6306° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3210&lon=-120.6306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8487D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8487D-2013-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A150
- Reported engine: LYC O320A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 600 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX97LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970215001599A

## Narrative

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

SEVERED 3 HIGH VOLTAGE WIRES. CONTINUED DRAGGING A WIRE UNTIL HOOKING A POST. PA18 DOVE TO GROUND.

## 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 LAX97LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA104), Feb 15, 1997: Piper PA-18A (N8487D), Livingston, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to see and avoid power lines. A factor was the pilot's poor judgment in conducting unwarranted low altitude maneuvering.

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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