# Accident 20100403030929A: Piper PA-18S-150, Hinckley, MN, April 3, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2010, 19:30 local time
- Place: Hinckley, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.9494° N, 93.0747° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9494&lon=-93.0747&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7884D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7884D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18S-150 (registry code 7101832, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18s-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18S-150
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,366 total, 249 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA193) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100403030929A

## Narrative

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

N7884D DEPARTED PRIVATE GRASS AIRSTRIP ABOUT 1850 LOCAL TIME FOR SHORT PLEASURE FLIGHT. A/C APPROACHED FROM THE SOUTH RUNWAY HEADING IS 35/17. A/C TOUCHED DOWN AND STARTED TO DRIFT RIGHT THE PILOT APPLIED LEFT RUDDER AND A/C SUDDENLY VEERED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT. PILOT APPLIED BRAKES TO TRY AND KEEP A/C ON THE RUNWAY AND THE A/C STOPPED CAUSING THE NOSE TO PITCH DOWN FLIPPING THE A/C OVER ON ITS BACK. THE RUDDER AND THE RIGHT MAIN STRUT WERE DAMAGED. PILOT WAS NOT INJURED, NO PAX.

## 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 CEN10CA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA193), Apr 4, 2010: Piper PA-18-150 (N7884D), Brook Park, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing rollout in variable wind conditions.

## Other reports on N7884D (1)

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

- [Accident 20140413004699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140413004699A), Apr 13, 2014: Piper PA-18S-150 (N7884D), Browning, MT, Substantial damage. While landing on a private unimproved airfield the PIC experienced a hard landing and subsequently lost directional control of the aircraft during the landing…

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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