# Accident 20120429007379A: Piper PA-18-150, Eaton, NY, April 29, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2012, 06:40 local time
- Place: Eaton, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8594° N, 75.5856° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8594&lon=-75.5856&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82398, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82398) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- 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: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,210 total, 1,100 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA311](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA311) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120429007379A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 29, 2012, AT APPROXIMATELY 0640 EDT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE HOLDER # ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS THE PIC OF N82398, A 1977 PA-18, S/N 18-7709154 THAT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN EATON, NY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS MAKING A LEFT TRAFFIC APPROACH TO A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP WHEN HE TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF THE RUNWAY, JUMPED A CREEK, AND CONTACTED THE BANK ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CREEK CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP AND COME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. MR. BONE STATED THAT HE ADDED POWER AFTER GETTING SLOW, BUT THE ENGINE DID NOT SEEM TO RESPOND. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ALSO STATED THAT HE TESTED THE CARBURETOR HEAT PRIOR TO DEPARTURE FROM HIS PRIVATE STRIP IN ORISKANY, NY.  THE AIRCRAFT IS DAMAGED AS FOLLOWS: RUDDER AND VERTICAL STABILIZER, RIGHT WING STRUT, FIREWALL, ENGINE MOUNT, PROPELLER, COWL AND SPINNER, AND SOME STRUCTURE BEHIND THE FIREWALL.

## 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 ERA12CA311](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA311), Apr 29, 2012: Piper PA-18-150 (N82398), Eaton, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper approach to landing, which resulted in the airplane touching down short of the runway.

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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