# Accident 20060626014029A: Piper PA18150, Minong, WI, June 26, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2006, 11:00 local time
- Place: Minong, WI
- Airport: Ben Sutherland Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.1036° N, 91.9039° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.1036&lon=-91.9039&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82223 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 972 total, 180 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06CA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA172) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060626014029A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FINAL APPROACH TO MINONG, WI, THE PILOT DECIDED HE WAS OUT OF POSITION AND INITIATED A GO AROUND. PILOT STATED HE APPLIED POWER AND PULLED THE NOSE UP. AS THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED UP THE PILOT MOVED THE STICK FORWARD TO LEVEL THE AIRCRAFT OUT BUT COULD NOT GET FULL STICK TRAVEL BECAUSE THE REAR STICK GOT JAMMED ON THE BACK OF THE PILOT SEAT. THIS PREVENTED THE ELEVATOR FROM REACHING "FULL UP" TRAVEL. THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED WHILE MAINTAINING FULL POWER IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE JUST ABOVE STALL AND IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE FROM THE MINONG AIRPORT. THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND THE PASSENGER WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 CHI06CA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA172), Jun 26, 2006: Piper PA-18-150 (N82223), Minong, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: Restriction of the elevator control system due to the camera placed in the seat back pocket and the inadvertent stall/mush condition encountered during the go-around. The trees impacted after the…

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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