# Accident 20060711016129A: Piper PA18135, Steubenville, OH, July 11, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2006, 11:26 local time
- Place: Steubenville, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3806° N, 80.6531° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3806&lon=-80.6531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9841Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18135
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 100 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA187) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060711016129A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N9841Q ENROUTE FROM TDZ TO AGC FOR A BANNER TOWING JOB (AIR AMERICA AERIAL). IT APPEARS THAT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ WAS FOLLOWING US-22 TO AGC WHEN THE A/C BECAME TOO LOW AND STRUCK HIGH TENSION WIRES THAT WERE OVER US-22. THE SITE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS ABOUT 2-3 MILES NORTH EAST OF JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT (2G2). THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE ON RAMP OF US-22 AND WAS DESTROYED, THERE WAS NO FIRE AT THE SITE, PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ WAS FATALLY INJURED. FIRE AND RESCUE STATED THAT THERE WAS FUEL AROUND THE AIRCRAFT AND THAT THEY WASHED THE AREA BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE PILOT. THE PROP SEPARATED FROM THE A/C BUT DID NOT SUSTAIN MUCH DAMAGE, IT RECEIVED NUMEROUS SCRATCHES FROM THE CEMENT IT STRUCK BUT DID NOT SHOW MUCH EVIDENCE OF PRODUCING POWER. FUEL SELECTOR WAS FOUND IN THE LEFT POSITION, THE LEFT FUEL TANK WAS COMPROMISED BUT MOSTLY INTACT, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL IN THE TANK. RIGHT FUEL TANK DID NOT SHOW ANY EVIDENCE OF FUEL DUE TO BEING SEVERELY COMPROMISED, THE TANK DOSE SHOWED EVIDENCE OF DYNAMIC FUEL PRESSURE DAMAGE AS THE TANK WAS CRUSHED. CARBURETOR WAS NOT COMPROMISED, IT WAS TAKEN APART AND NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL WAS FOUND. NOTHING ABNORMAL WAS FOUND WITH THE MAGNETOS OR FLIGHT CONTROLS.

## 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 CHI06LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA187), Jul 11, 2006: Piper PA-18-135 (N9841Q), Steubenville, OH, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the unmarked power line which resulted in the subsequent impact with the roadway. Factors were the unmarked power line, and the low altitude at which…

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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