# Incident 19971223041489I: Piper PA18150, Boulder City, NV, December 23, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1997, 12:45 local time
- Place: Boulder City, NV
- Airport: Boulder City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DOQA
- Location: 35.9473° N, 114.8611° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOULDER CITY MUNI (BVU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9473&lon=-114.8611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82479, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82479) (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 O320A2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971223041489I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 12-23-97 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:45 LOCAL, MR. LESEBERG WAS LANDING HIS SUPER CUB, N82479, ON RWY 15 OF THE BOULDER CITY, NEVADA AIRPORT. MR. LESEBERG OCCUPIED THE REAR SEAT, WHILE HIS FRIEND, A FELLOW PILOT OCCUPIED THE FRONT SEAT. MR. LESEBERG ALLOWED HIS FRIEND TO MAINTAIN LIGHT CONTROL OF THE FLIGHT CONTROLS DURING THE LANDING PHASE. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, IT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT AND CAME TO REST UPON AN 18" SANDY BERM, CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT, AND LEFT MAIN GEAR. MR. LESEBERG CONCLUDED THAT THE FRONT SEATER MAY HAVE APPLIED LEFT BRAKING UNINTENTIONALLY, WHICH COULD NOT BE OVERPOWERED BY HIM.

## Other reports on N82479 (1)

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

- [Accident 20210317002609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210317002609A), Mar 17, 2021: Piper PA-18-150 (N82479), Three Forks, MT, Substantial damage. On 17 April 2021 at 1245 local, N82479 a Piper PA12 piloted by [privacy data omitted] lost control on landing rwy 21 at Three Forks Montana airport (9S5). The…

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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