# Accident 19980809046789A: Piper PA18150, La Du Flambeau, WI, August 9, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1998, 15:55 local time
- Place: La Du Flambeau, WI
- Airport: Stone Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.9695° N, 89.9004° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9695&lon=-89.9004&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9044D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9044D) (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 O320A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 772 total, 329 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA320) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980809046789A

## Narrative

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

(-23) LOST AIRSPEED TURNING BASE TO FINAL - MISJUDGED WIND. (.19) ON AUGUST 9, 1998, AT 1130 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-18- 150, N9044D, OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE LANDING ON CRAWLING STONE LAKE, LAC DU FLAMBEAU, WISCONSIN.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS NOT OPERATING ON A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED LAKE DU BAY, MOSINEE, WISCONSIN, AT 0930 CDT.  THE PILOT REPORTED HE MADE A LOW DOWNWIND PASS OVER THE LAKE PRIOR TO LANDING.  HE STATED THAT AFTER THE PASS HE GAINED ALTITUDE AND BEGAN A LEFT TURN TO THE BASE LEG AT WHICH TIME THE "AIRCRAFT THEN STALLED".  THE AIRPLANE DESCENDING WITH THE LEFT WING IMPACTING THE WATER FIRST, FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT FLOAT.  THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST INVERT IN APPROXIMATELY FOUR FEET OF WATER.

## 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 CHI98LA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA320), Aug 9, 1998: Piper PA-18-150 (N9044D), Lac Du Flambeau, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed and the subsequent inadvertant stall.

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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