# Accident 20030420005579A: Piper PA18150, Kemmerer, WY, April 20, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 2003, 14:30 local time
- Place: Kemmerer, WY
- Airport: Kemmerer Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7803° N, 110.5509° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7803&lon=-110.5509&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40520, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40520) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,018 total, 170 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN03LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030420005579A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 20, 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 MDT, A PIPER PA-18-150, N40520, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN DURING LANDING ROLL AT KEMMERER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (EMM), KEMMERER, WYOMING. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD, WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE ENROUTE TO KEMMERER, SHE RECEIVED WEATHER UPDATES FROM THE AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM (AWOS), WHICH INDICATED THE WINDS WERE VARIABLE AT 6 KNOTS. WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 16, SHE ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND. THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED TO THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT WING TIP STRUCK THE GROUND. THE IMPACT WITH THE GROUND DAMAGED THE OUTBOARD 4 FEET OF THE LEFT WING, AND BUCKLED THE AFT STRUT ON THE LEFT WING.

## 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 DEN03LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA069), Apr 20, 2003: Piper PA-18-150 (N40520), Kemmerer, WY, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control and his inadequate compensation for wind during the landing roll which resulted in a ground loop/swerve and impact with terrain. Contributing…

## Other reports on N40520 (2)

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

- [Accident 20070427006919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070427006919A), Apr 27, 2007: Piper PA18150 (N40520), Prineville, OR, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft ran out of fuel. Pilot initiated an off airfield landing 10 miles east of Prineville. On landing the aircraft flipped over. Substantial damage.
- [Accident 19780423008409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780423008409A), Apr 23, 1978: Piper PA18150 (N40520), Ferriday, LA, Substantial damage

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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