# Incident 20030917032819I: Piper PA18150, New Bloomfield, PA, September 17, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2003, 08:50 local time
- Place: New Bloomfield, PA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4198° N, 77.1864° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Bloomfield, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4198&lon=-77.1864&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2421S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2421S) (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: 451 total, 36 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030917032819I

## Narrative

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

(-23) KITNER AIRSTRIP, A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP LOCATED NEAR NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA IS LOCATED ON THE TOP OF A RIDGE ORIENTED EAST TO WEST, THE STRIP IS APPROX. 1300 TO 1400 FEET LONG WITH AN ELEVATION OF APPROX. 980 FEET. THE STRIP RUNS SLIGHT UPHILL FROM THE WEST CROWNING AND THEN RAPIDLY RUNNING DOWN HILL. AFTER COMPLETING ONE LANDING TO THE WEST AT KITNER AIRSTRIP. MR. EGOLF WAS MAKING A SECOND LANDING TO THE EAST DUE TO A WIND SHIFT. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AT APPROX. 300 FOOT MARK, THE FLAPS WERE AT 40 AND POER THE PILOT'S STATEMENT AIRSPEED WAS APPROX. 55MPH. THE GRASS RUNWAY WAS VERY WET AND BRAKING ACTION WAS VERY POOR, THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE EAST END OF THE RUNWAY, WITH THE PROP STRIKING THE GROUND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER ON IT'S BACK.

## Other reports on N2421S (1)

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

- [Accident 19830330067539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830330067539A), Mar 30, 1983: Piper PA18150 (N2421S), Los Lunas, NM, Substantial damage. Pilot lost directional control during landing roll and aircraft rolled into ditch off side of runway.

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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