# Accident 20010929030129A: Piper PA18150, Deming, NM, September 29, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2001, 15:13 local time
- Place: Deming, NM
- Airport: Deming Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2625° N, 107.7208° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2625&lon=-107.7208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N999MP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,880 total, 340 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN01LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA166) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010929030129A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 1515 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-18-150 SUPER CUB, N999MP, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT ROLLED INVERTED DURING TAKEOFF ROLL AT DEMING MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, DEMING, NEW MEXICO. THE PRIVATE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD, RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE PILOT/OWNER WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE LOCAL FLIGHT THAT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE PILOT SAID THAT HE WAS DEPARTING ON RUNWAY 8 WHEN HIS RIGHT WING WAS LIFTED UP BY THE WIND. WHEN THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST, IT WAS IN THE INVERTED POSITION. POSTACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THAT THE ENGINE MOUNT, THE OUTBOARD 8 FEET OF THE RIGHT WING, AND THE RUDDER WERE BENT. THE FIXED BASE OPERATOR MANAGER SAID THAT THE WIND WAS FROM 170 DEGREES AT 15 KNOTS, GUSTING FROM 20 TO 25 KNOTS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. (-23) ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2001, AT 1513 MDT, A PIPER PA-18-150 (N999MP) REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY VIAL JOSEPH LEBLANC, JR.; ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                                 SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHILE DEPARTING                RUNWAY 8 AT THE DEMING AIRPORT (DMN), DEMING, NM. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE PLEASURE FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 THAT WAS ATTEMPTING TO ORIGINATE FROM THE DEMING AIRPORT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNINJURED. (.4) ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 1515 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-18-150 SUPER CUB, N999MP, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT NOSED OVER DURING TAKEOFF ROLL AT DEMING MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, DEMING, NEW MEXICO. THE PRIVATE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD, RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE PILOT/OWNER WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE CROSS-COUNTRY PERSONAL FLIGHT THAT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE PILOT SAID THAT HE WAS DEPARTING ON RUNWAY 08 WHEN HIS RIGHT WING WAS LIFTED UP BY A GUST OF WIND. HE SAID THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE RUNWAY, AND THE AIRPLANE SUBSEQUENTLY GROUND LOOPED TO THE LEFT. THE AIRPLANE EXITED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, AND CAME TO REST IN THE INVERTED POSITION. PO                                                      STACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THAT THE ENGINE MOUNT, THE OUTBOARD 8 FEET OF THE RIGHT WING, AND THE RUDDER WERE BENT. THE FIXED BASE OPERATOR MANAGER SAID THAT THE WIND WAS FROM 170 DEGREES AT 15 KNOTS, GUSTING FROM 20 TO 25 KNOTS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT SAID THAT HE HAD FLOWN 9 HOURS ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 DEN01LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA166), Sep 29, 2001: Piper PA-18-150 (N999MP), Deming, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during takeoff roll. A contributing factor was the gusting crosswind weather condition.

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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