# Accident 20071031827489A: Piper PA18150, Stockton, CA, October 31, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2007, 16:30 local time
- Place: Stockton, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0664° N, 121.4083° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0664&lon=-121.4083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4153M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4153M) (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 O320A2B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08CA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071031827489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N4153M, PA-18-150, FLIPPED OVER WHILE TAXIING IN A PLOWED FIELD IN STOCKTON, CA ON 10/31/07 AT 1730 PDT. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER.

## 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 SEA08CA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA018), Nov 1, 2007: Piper PA-18-150 (N4153M), Stockton, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a ditch while taxiing. Contributing factors were the pilot's inadequate visual lookout and the ditch.

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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