From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) On February 9, 2005, a Piper PA-18-150, N66ND, owned by the university of north dakota and piloted by privacy data omitted was substantially damaged while performing takeoffs and landings during a 14 CFR part 141 instructional flight at Larimore, ND. The student pilot lost directional control of the aircraft, the instructor pilot then assumed control but could not prevent the aircraft from departing the runway surface and impacting a snowbank. The aircraft came to rest inverted. Damage was noted at the scene to left landing gear, left wing rib crushed inboard of lift strut, propeller bent. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. There were no injuries to either the flight instructor or student.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON FEBRUARY 9, 2005, A PIPER PA-18-150, N66ND, OWNED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA AND PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA O^ WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHILE PERFORMING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS DURING A 14 CFR PART 141 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT AT LARIMORE, ND. THE STUDENT PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT THEN ASSUMED CONTROL BUT COULD NOT PREVENT THE AIRCRAFT FROM DEPARTING THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND IMPACTING A SNOWBANK. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED. DAMAGE WAS NOTED AT THE SCENE TO LEFT LANDING GEAR, LEFT WING RIB CRUSHED INBOARD OF LIFT STRUT, PROPELLER BENT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR OR STUDENT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.