# Accident 20160524018059A: Piper PA-18-150, Cozad, NE, May 24, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2016, 10:17 local time
- Place: Cozad, NE
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: OZ6G
- Location: 40.9478° N, 99.9308° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9478&lon=-99.9308&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4234Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4234Z) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,390 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA193) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160524018059A

## Narrative

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

THE APPLICATOR WAS ENTERING A WHEAT FIELD  FROM THE NORTH NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE FIELD TO BE SPRAYED, HEADED TO THE SOUTH EAST CORNER WHERE HE INTENDED TO TURN NORTH BOUND AND BEGIN A SOUTH TO NORTH SPRAY PATTERN WORKING FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE FIELD TO THE EAST. APPROXIMATELY HALF WAY ACROSS THE FIELD THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AND SLID FOR APPROXIMATELY 85 FT. AFTER THE IMPACT WITH THE GROUND THE AIRCRAFT TURNED SIDEWAYS AND EVENTUALLY OVERTURNED COMING TO REST, WITH THE AIRCRAFT NOSE POINTED TO THE NORTHEAST ON IT'S TOP WITH THE RIGHT WING TORN FROM THE FORWARD ATTACH POINT AND THE EMPENAGE TWISTED TO THE LEFT. BOTH SPRAY BOOMS WERE TORN FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND ALONG THE PATH OF THE SKID. PROPELLER BLADES WERE CURLED TOWARDS THE COWLING CONSISTANT WITH A STRIKE TO THE GROUND WHILE UNDER POWER FROM THE ENGINE. THE LEFT MAIN TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY WERE BENT OUT WITH THE OUTBOARD WHEEL FACE POINT UPWARD TOWARD THE BOTTOM OF THE WING. NO FUEL REMAINED IN THE AIRCRAFT BY THE TIME FAA INSPECTORS ARRIVED ON SCENE DUE TO DAMAGE FROM THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD LEFT HIS PRIVATE STRIP 10 MILES TO SOUTHWEST OF THE SPRAY FIELD WITH 22 GALLONS OF FUEL ONBOARD AND 35 GALLONS OF MIXED CHEMICAL IN THE AIRCRAFT HOPPER. THE PILOT WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED WITH ONLY ABRASIONS TO THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND AND LEFT FOREARM THAT WERE INCURRED WHILE HE WAS EXITING THE OVERTURNED AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CEN16LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA193), May 24, 2016: Piper PA 18-150 (N4234Z), Cozad, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: An in-flight loss of control for reasons that could not be determined because examination of the wreckage did not reveal any evidence of preimpact malfunctions or failures that would have precluded…

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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