# Accident 20180609007429A: Piper PA-18-150, Manville, NJ, June 9, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2018, 13:00 local time
- Place: Manville, NJ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5413° N, 74.5893° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manville, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5413&lon=-74.5893&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3975Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3975Z) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 6 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180609007429A

## Narrative

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

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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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