20110112005199A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Austin, NV · January 12, 2011

Date
January 12, 2011 · 16:00 local
Place
Austin, NV
Airport
Austin
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4030Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR11CA098
Reported as
Piper PA-18-150
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
6,047 total855 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot stated that while on departure from a high ridge on top of a mountain that had a snow covered strip, he drifted to the right into a snow berm causing the aircraft to flip over.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE ON DEPARTURE FROM A HIGH RIDGE ON TOP OF A MOUNTAIN THAT HAD A SNOW COVERED STRIP, HE DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT INTO A SNOW BERM CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.