# Accident 20200622008339A: Piper PA-18-150, Monroe, NC, June 22, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 2020, 13:30 local time
- Place: Monroe, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9989° N, 80.6442° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9989&lon=-80.6442&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3681Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3681Z) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,432 total, 125 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20CA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA223) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200622008339A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED A/C ON PRIVATE UNCUT FIELD PREDOMINATELY COVERED WITH COMMON WHEAT APPROX. 3 FEET HIGH WITH SCATTERED BUT CONCENTRATED PATCHES OF THISTLE WEED UP TO 7 FEET TALL.  PILOT STATED THAT WHEN A/C ENCOUNTERED A PATCH OF THISTLE, THE MOMENTUM OF THE A/C QUICKLY DIMINISHED, CAUSING THE TAIL T0 BECOME ELEVATED. THE NOSE OF THE A/C CONTACTED THE GROUND AS THE TAIL CAME OVER RESULTING IN THE A/C COMING TO REST UPSIDE DOWN.  NO PAX.  NO INJURIES.

REF.: ACTIVITY ID EA68202003214.

## 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 ERA20CA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA223), Jun 22, 2020: Piper PA18 (N3681Z), Monroe, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate assessment of the landing area, which resulted in the airplane's encounter with tall weeds during landing and a subsequent nose-over.

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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