# Accident 20030930024329A: Piper PA18150, Basin City, WA, September 30, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2003, 09:45 local time
- Place: Basin City, WA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.5214° N, 119.1806° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5214&lon=-119.1806&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4451Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4451Z) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 11 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA03CA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03CA200) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030930024329A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2003 AT APPROXIMATELY 09:45 LOCAL TIME N4451Z, A PA-18-150 "SUPER CUB" PILOTED BY STUDENT PILOT MICHAEL ZIMMER STRUCK STANDING CORN ADJACENT TO A GRASS RUNWAY ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. MR. ZIMMER HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS AIRCRAFT AND HAD RECENTLY BEEN ENDORSED FOR SOLO FLIGHT IN THE SUPER CUB. UPON LANDING N4451Z WAS LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE AND THE LEFT WING CONTACTED STANDING CORN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, HOWEVER N4451Z EXPERIENCED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP, A SLIGHTLY DAMAGED PROPELLER, AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TO INCLUDE A BENT SPAR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MR. ZIMMER WAS COUNSELED BY THIS INSPECTOR, AND WILL CONTINUE HIS TRAINING TO OBTAIN HIS PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE IN THE FUTURE.

## 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 SEA03CA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03CA200), Sep 30, 2003: Piper PA-18-150 (N4451Z), Basin City, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Clearance not maintained while on short approach to the runway. A factor was the corn stalks near the 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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