# Incident 20050807031239I: Piper PA18A150, White Bear Tnsh, MN, August 7, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2005, 10:12 local time
- Place: White Bear Tnsh, MN
- Airport: Benson Airport
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N6983B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6983B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-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 PA18A150
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050807031239I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ OPERATED A PA-18 AS THE TOW AIRCRAFT FOR GLIDER OPERATIONS OF A BLANIK L-23. DURING TAKE-OFF INSUFFICIENT POWER COULD BE GENERATED TO CONTINUE TOW. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY^ NOTIFIED PILOT OF GLIDER VIA RADIO OF CIRCUMSTANCE. BLANIK PILOT RELEASED TETHER AND MADE LANDING IN ADJACENT PASTURE. MINIMUM DAMAGE TO GLIDER WAS RECEIVED. PA-18 WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO FIELD W/O DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N6983B (1)

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

- [Accident 20190714011749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190714011749A), Jul 14, 2019: Piper PA-18A 150 (N6983B), Osceola, WI, Substantial damage. Tow plane pilot (tpp)stated that the accident flight was the 5th flight of the day, the tow rope was attached to his plane from a previous flight, he dragged…

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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