# Accident 20041106029179A: Piper PA18150, Mesa, AZ, November 6, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2004, 12:29 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4500° N, 111.7167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4500&lon=-111.7167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6854P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6854P-2012-07-16) (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: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 105 in this make and model, 243 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05FA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041106029179A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT W/ONE PAX DEPARTED RUNWAY 4L AT MESA, AZ FALCON FIELD (FFZ). AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED BY SEVERAL WITNESSES AND HOME VIDEO SHOW A HIGH ANGLE OF ATTACK ON CLIMBOUT. THE AIRCRAFT LEFT WING DROPS AND ENTERS A LEFT SPIN. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTS THE AIRPORT RAMP AREA AND COMES TO REST UNDER THE LEFT WING OF A GRUMMAN G-111 (ALBATROSS). THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED, THE REAR PAX WAS SEVERELY INJURED AND TRANSPORTED VIA HELICOPTER TO SCOTTSDALE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. NO ONE ON THE GROUND WAS INJURED. MAJOR DAMAGE DONE TO THE GRUMMAN. FFZ TWR REPORTED WIND 130 @ 15KTS.

## 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 LAX05FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05FA029), Nov 6, 2004: Piper PA-18-150 (N6854P), Mesa, AZ, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to obtain and maintain an adequate airspeed during the takeoff initial climb, which resulted in a stall/spin.

## Other reports on N6854P (2)

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

- [Accident 19950815046969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950815046969A), Aug 15, 1995: Piper PA18150 (N6854P), Owyhee, OR, Substantial damage. Ground looped and nosed over back taxiing on dirt strip. Failed to note tail coming up.
- [Accident 19851110061369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851110061369A), Nov 10, 1985: Piper PA18150 (N6854P), Buffalo, SD, Substantial damage. Impacted ground while maneuvering at low altitude in IFR conditions searching for lost hunters. Pilot intoxicated.

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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