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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Sierraville, CA · April 20, 2012

Date
April 20, 2012 · 10:30 local
Place
Sierraville, CA
Airport
Sierraville Dearwater
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8451Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR12CA177
Reported as
Piper PA-18-150
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
2,897 total30 in this make and model41 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

On April 20, 2012 at approximately 10:30 PDT on attempting third landing at Sierraville deerwater airport (079) pilot lost directional control of aircraft. Pilot applied power to attempt a go-around and veered off runway 21 to the left impacted a berm at which time aircraft became airborne and contacted a barb wire fence and came to rest inverted. There was no fire; substantial damage was done to the aircraft. Pilot was uninjured. County sherriff was on scene and took charge of the area until the FAA arrived.

As the FAA filed it

ON APRIL 20, 2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 PDT ON ATTEMPTING THIRD LANDING AT SIERRAVILLE DEERWATER AIRPORT (079) PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT. PILOT APPLIED POWER TO ATTEMPT A GO-AROUND AND VEERED OFF RUNWAY 21 TO THE LEFT IMPACTED A BERM AT WHICH TIME AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AND CONTACTED A BARB WIRE FENCE AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. THERE WAS NO FIRE; SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT WAS UNINJURED. COUNTY SHERRIFF WAS ON SCENE AND TOOK CHARGE OF THE AREA UNTIL THE FAA ARRIVED.

NTSB investigation

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