# Accident 20030515008509A: Piper PA18135, Prescott, WI, May 15, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2003, 11:00 local time
- Place: Prescott, WI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7881° N, 92.6772° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7881&lon=-92.6772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2581A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2581A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-135 (registry code 7101820, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18135
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 300 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA127) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030515008509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND THE PILOT REALIZED HE WAS TOO FAR EAST OF THE GRASS STRIP. INITIATED A GO AROUND AND DUE TO THE TREES AT THE END OF THE STRIP MADE A LEFT BANK TO AVOID THEM. REALIZED HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH AIRSPEED, ADDED POWER AND STALLED THE AIRCRAFT JUST EAST OF THE GRASS STRIP.

## 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 CHI03LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA127), May 15, 2003: Piper PA-18-135 (N2581A), Prescott, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot delaying the go-around and the maneuver to avoid the treeline. Factors to the accident were the treeline and the airplane's low altitude.

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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