# Accident 20081116850659A: Piper PA18A, Ponca City, OK, November 16, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 2008, 08:30 local time
- Place: Ponca City, OK
- Airport: Ponca City Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8333° N, 96.5000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8333&lon=-96.5000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7096D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7096D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A (registry code 7101804, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A
- Reported engine: LYC IO350
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 480 total, 330 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081116850659A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED WHILE FLYING 20 NW OF JENKS, OKLAHOMA HIS ENGINE STARTING RUNNING ROUGH.  HE DECIDED TO MAKE A PRE-CAUTIONARY LANDING IN A 40+ACRE GRASS FIELD.  DURING THE LANDING APPROXIMATELY 2 FEET FROM TOUCH DOWN A WIND GUST CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO YAW RIGHT, PILOT KICKED FULL LEFT RUDDER.  THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND FLIPPED OVER CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LIFT STRUTS, WINGS AND CAGE.

## 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 CEN09CA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA062), Nov 16, 2008: Piper PA-18 (N7096D), Foraker, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the precautionary landing. Contributing to the accident were the wind gusts.

## Other reports on N7096D (1)

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

- [Incident 19920725040339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920725040339I), Jul 25, 1992: Piper PA18A (N7096D), Rayville, LA, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control on rollout. Departed runway and struck a 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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