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FAA accident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Manville, NJ · June 9, 2018

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Date
June 9, 2018 · 13:00 local
Place
Manville, NJ
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3975Z
Reported as
Piper PA-18-150
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
280 total6 in this make and model21 in the last 90 days
N3975ZRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150S/N 18-7914Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

The confessed pilot-in-command, ^michael lynch,^ was flying the aircraft from the front seat. The rear passenger, ^ashley chalmers,^ stated that he was not the pilot-in-command, but was just showing the PIC where banner pick-ups were accomplished at a different airport. During the take-off roll, both the PIC and rear passenger stated that the aircraft veered to the right. The PIC stated that he was trying to correct the aircrafts direction on the takeoff roll, but the aircraft's right main landing gear hit a cement culvert located 950 feet from the departure end of runway 25 and 47 feet to the side of the runway. An extenuating circumstance was provided by the rear passenger's statement. ^ashley chambers,^ who stated that the flight was not flight instruction, and that he was just a passenger, stated that "from the back seat, it appeared the aircraft was out of control. In an effort to stop the aircraft from hitting anything, I got on the controls aligning the airplane with the runway moments before the aircraft hit a concrete drain in the grass on the right side of the runway." Given this statement, there were two pilots attempting to fly the airplane at the same time.

As the FAA filed it

THE CONFESSED PILOT-IN-COMMAND, ^MICHAEL LYNCH,^ WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE FRONT SEAT. THE REAR PASSENGER, ^ASHLEY CHALMERS,^ STATED THAT HE WAS NOT THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND, BUT WAS JUST SHOWING THE PIC WHERE BANNER PICK-UPS WERE ACCOMPLISHED AT A DIFFERENT AIRPORT. DURING THE TAKE-OFF ROLL, BOTH THE PIC AND REAR PASSENGER STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT. THE PIC STATED THAT HE WAS TRYING TO CORRECT THE AIRCRAFTS DIRECTION ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL, BUT THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR HIT A CEMENT CULVERT LOCATED 950 FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 25 AND 47 FEET TO THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. AN EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCE WAS PROVIDED BY THE REAR PASSENGER'S STATEMENT. ^ASHLEY CHAMBERS,^ WHO STATED THAT THE FLIGHT WAS NOT FLIGHT INSTRUCTION, AND THAT HE WAS JUST A PASSENGER, STATED THAT "FROM THE BACK SEAT, IT APPEARED THE AIRCRAFT WAS OUT OF CONTROL. IN AN EFFORT TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT FROM HITTING ANYTHING, I GOT ON THE CONTROLS ALIGNING THE AIRPLANE WITH THE RUNWAY MOMENTS BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT HIT A CONCRETE DRAIN IN THE GRASS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY." GIVEN THIS STATEMENT, THERE WERE TWO PILOTS ATTEMPTING TO FLY THE AIRPLANE AT THE SAME TIME.