# Accident 20030504036799A: Piper PA18150, Gordon, NE, May 4, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2003, 14:30 local time
- Place: Gordon, NE
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7333° N, 102.2083° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7333&lon=-102.2083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9682P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9682P) (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: 6,500 total, 441 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030504036799A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 4, 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 MOUNTAIN TIME, PIPER PA-18-150, OWNED AND OPERATED BY DONALD D. HUTCHISON, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING TAKEOFF FROM A PASTURE 4 MILES SOUTH OF GORDON, NEBRASKA. THE PIC WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPOSITION THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO APPROACHING SEVERE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. NO INJURY WAS REPORTED BY THE PIC. NO PROPERTY DAMAGE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, WAS REPORTED. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH WING ASSEMBLIES AND THE VERTICAL STABILIZER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARTIALLY DISSASSEMBLED AND TRANSPORTED TO WOUNDED KNEE, SOUTH DAKOTA, PRIOR TO FAA/NTSB NOTIFICATION. (-23 AMENDMENT) THE AIRCRAFT HAD REACHED AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET WHEN THE WIND DIRECTION CHANGED TO A TAILWIND OR MICROBURST AT WHICH POINT THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND.

## 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 CHI03LA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA121), May 4, 2003: Piper PA-18-150 (N9682P), Gordon, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in a stall. Contributing factors to this accident were the rain, hail, and wind gusts.

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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