# Accident 19980511021449A: Piper PA18150, Artesian, SD, May 11, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1998, 07:30 local time
- Place: Artesian, SD
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0005° N, 97.9206° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0005&lon=-97.9206&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83679, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83679) (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 O320B2B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,030 total, 7,400 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98TA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98TA145) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980511021449A

## Narrative

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

PUBLIC USE STATE FLIGHT LOST CONTROL MANEUVERING OVER CITY. COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN. (-23) DEPARTED FROM HURON AIRPORT AT 0630 CDT.  FLYING AT 75 FEET AGL. OBSERVED COYOTE. MADE CLIMBING LEFT TURN.  TOLD GUNNER TO SHOOT. AT 65MPH AND IN SLIGHT LEFT TURN, STICK WENT LIMP AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET AGL.  ONE NOTCH FLAPS. LOWERED NOSE TO RECOVER. UNABLE TO COMPLETE RECOVERY DUE TO TERRAIN. UPON CONTACT WITH THE GROUND, LANDING GEAR SEPARATED.  AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED. NO INJURIES TO CREW AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.  AIRCRAFT AND FLIGHT OPERATIONS WERE CONDUCTED UNDER PUBLIC USE PURPORSE'S ONLY.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              (.4)PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS PREDATOR (COYOTE) CONTROL FOR THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF GAME, FISH, AND PARKS. THE PILOT AND A GUNNER WERE ATTEMPTING TO CHASE A COYOTE OUT OF A 'SLEW' INTO AN ALFALFA FIELD WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE PILOT REPORTED THEY WERE IN A LEFT, SLIGHTLY DESCENDING TURN AT AN ALTITUDE OF 150 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND WHEN THE STICK WENT 'LIMP.'  THE PILOT REPORTED HE ADDED FULL POWER, LEVELED THE WINGS, AND APPLIED FORWARD STICK PRESSURE IN AN ATTEMPT TO REGAIN LIFT.  THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO DESCEND AND IT IMPACTED THE EDGE OF THE ALFALFA FIELD IN A WINGS LEVEL ATTITUDE.  UPON IMPACT THE MAIN LANDING GEAR SEPARATED FORM THE AIRPLANE AND THE AIRPLANE SLID APPROXIMATELY 60 FEET PRIOR TO NOSING OVER.

## 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 CHI98TA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98TA145), May 11, 1998: Piper PA-18-150 (N83679), Artesian, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in a stall.

## Other reports on N83679 (1)

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

- [Accident 19780511009229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780511009229A), May 11, 1978: Piper PA18S125 (N83679), Syracuse, NY, Substantial damage. No remarks

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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