# Accident 20120420007539A: Piper PA-18-150, Sierraville, CA, April 20, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 2012, 10:30 local time
- Place: Sierraville, CA
- Airport: Sierraville Dearwater
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5822° N, 120.3519° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5822&lon=-120.3519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8451Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 2,897 total, 30 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12CA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA177) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120420007539A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 WPR12CA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA177), Apr 20, 2012: Piper PA-18-150 (N8451Y), Sierraville, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot did not maintain directional control during the landing roll.

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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