# Accident 20200419001979A: Piper PA-18, Bowie, TX, April 19, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2020, 15:15 local time
- Place: Bowie, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5167° N, 97.7731° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5167&lon=-97.7731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3670P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3670P-2023-05-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,055 total, 275 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA150) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200419001979A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED BOWIE MUNICIPAL (0F2) AND LANDED AT PRIVATE RESIDENCE OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ROUGHLY 5 NM SOUTH. LANDED WITH OUT ISSUE AND SHUTDOWN TO TALK FOR A FEW MINUTES. PILOT NEVER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. STARTED BACK UP AND TAXIED BACK OUT FOR DEPARTURE. PILOT COMPLETED A RUN-UP WITH NO ABNORMALITIES NOTED. STARTED TAKE-OFF ROLL WHEN TAIL CAME UP PILOT ALLOWED ACCELERATION TO 40 MPH THEN PULLED IN FLAPS TO GET LIFT-OFF TO OCCUR. STAYED IN GROUND AFFECT TILL 50MPH THEN STARTED CLIMB OUT. AT APPROXIMATELY 100-150 FT AGL THE PILOT RETRACTED FLAPS AND EXPERIENCED A STRONG RIGHT ROLL. PILOT REACTED BY APPLYING LEFT AILERON BUT NO CHANGE OCCURRED. THE PASSENGER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WHO IS ALSO A PILOT ASKED IF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT INFORMED THE PASSENGER IT WAS AN UNCOMMANDED RIGHT ROLL AND THE PILOT LOWERED THE NOSE TO PREVENT STALL THIS CAUSED THE RIGHT ROLLING TO REDUCE SLIGHTLY BUT THEN RETURNED. JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT THE PILOT PULLED OUT THE POWER.

## 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 CEN20LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA150), Apr 19, 2020: Piper PA 18 (N3670P), Bowie, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during takeoff in gusting wind conditions, which resulted in an uncontrolled turn and descent into terrain.

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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