20141207021319A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Arbor Vitae, WI · December 7, 2014

Date
December 7, 2014 · 12:00 local
Place
Arbor Vitae, WI
Airport
Lakeland/Noble F. Lee Memorial
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N41594
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN15CA071
Reported as
Piper PA-18-150
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
2
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
12,394 total33 in this make and model112 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.

December 7, 2014 N45194 a Piper PA18-150 with a pilot and one passenger on board took a personal pleasure flight in minocqua Wisconsin. At approximately 1145 CST while on normal approach and landing on runway 18 at Lakeland airport in Arbor Vitae Wisconsin (karv) the aircraft encountered a cross wind. The right wing and right landing gear contacted the ground and snow then crash landed off of the west side of runway 18 about 1500 feet down then came to rest on the nose then flipped upsidedown. The pilot and passenger were able to egress with minor injuries. The aircraft sustained substantial damage. The local weather observation at the time in arv wind 170@10 with gusting to 19 mph. 31 degrees f. 9 miles visibility.

As the FAA filed it

DECEMBER 7, 2014 N45194 A PIPER PA18-150 WITH A PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD TOOK A PERSONAL PLEASURE FLIGHT IN MINOCQUA WISCONSIN. AT APPROXIMATELY 1145 CST WHILE ON NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING ON RUNWAY 18 AT LAKELAND AIRPORT IN ARBOR VITAE WISCONSIN (KARV) THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A CROSS WIND. THE RIGHT WING AND RIGHT LANDING GEAR CONTACTED THE GROUND AND SNOW THEN CRASH LANDED OFF OF THE WEST SIDE OF RUNWAY 18 ABOUT 1500 FEET DOWN THEN CAME TO REST ON THE NOSE THEN FLIPPED UPSIDEDOWN. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE ABLE TO EGRESS WITH MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE LOCAL WEATHER OBSERVATION AT THE TIME IN ARV WIND 170@10 WITH GUSTING TO 19 MPH. 31 DEGREES F. 9 MILES VISIBILITY.

NTSB investigation

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