# Accident 20011108031419A: Piper PA18150, Herald, CA, November 8, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2001, 12:30 local time
- Place: Herald, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3310° N, 121.1404° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3310&lon=-121.1404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9461P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9461P) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX02LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011108031419A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PIC AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF N9461P, WAS PRACTICING APPROACH TO LANDINGS ON AT HIS RANCH AT HERALD, CALIFORNIA. ON HIS LAST APPROACH, HE INITIATED A GO AROUND WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION WITH THE TREES AT THE END OF THE RANCH. THE PILOT ESCAPED WITH NO INJURIES AND THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE PILOT REPORTED NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS BUT, HE SAID THAT DURING THE GO AROUND, "THE AIRCRAFT WAS MUSHING AND THE POWER WAS NOT THERE."

## 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 LAX02LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA023), Nov 8, 2001: Piper PA-18-150 (N9461P), Herald, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delay initiating a go-around during a downwind approach to a short runway.

## Other reports on N9461P (1)

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

- [Accident 19930521015089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930521015089A), May 21, 1993: Piper PA18150 (N9461P), Vacaville, CA, Substantial damage. Landing in gusty crosswind. Ground looped. All flight time in tail draggers. Uneven tree line cause d turbulence.

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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