# Incident 20110216004009I: Piper PA-18-150, German Valley, IL, February 16, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2011, 14:45 local time
- Place: German Valley, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2143° N, 89.4846° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of German Valley, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2143&lon=-89.4846&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4431Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4431Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18-150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 15 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110216004009I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) OF N4431Z, A PA-18-150, DEPARTED FROM STERLING ROCK FALLS, (SQI) STERLING, ILLINOIS, ENROUTE TO ALBERTUS AIRPORT (FEP), FREEPORT, ILLINOIS.  THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE ENROUTE TO FEP THE CEILINGS "BEGAN TO DROP."  HE ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO SQI, HOWEVER, THE VISIBILITY AND CEILINGS FURTHER DETERIORATED AND THUS HE MADE THE DECISION TO MAKE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING INTO A FARM FIELD.  DURING THE ROLL OUT THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A SNOW BANK AND FLIPPED OVER.  THE PILOT STATED HE WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.WEATHER DATA:  DEPT AIRPORT: STERLING ROCK FALLS AIRPORT (SQI)  CALM, 9SM, OVC006 03/01 A2999DEST AIRPORT: ALBERTUS AIRPORT (FEP)   180/06 3 SM BR  BKN008 03/01 A2998

## Other reports on N4431Z (3)

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

- [Accident 19900621021529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900621021529A), Jun 21, 1990: Piper STCPA18 (N4431Z), Big Lake, AK, Substantial damage. On test flight after 3 year rebuild engine quit. Struck ditch. Had run engine lengthy on ground without carb heat.
- [Accident 19860207002399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860207002399A), Feb 7, 1986: Piper PA18150 (N4431Z), Wasilla, AK, Substantial damage. Ski equipped aircraft inadvertently became airborne while taxiing on water covered ice. Lost control and hit trees.
- [Incident 19800217026589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800217026589I), Feb 17, 1980: Piper PA18150 (N4431Z), Eureka, AK, Minor damage. Pilot landed on packed snow runway, and on rollout landing gear dug into snow.

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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