# Accident 20220709012099A: Piper PA-18-150, Bentonville, AR, July 9, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2022, 09:00 local time
- Place: Bentonville, AR
- Airport: Sugar Creek
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4057° N, 94.1735° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4057&lon=-94.1735&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83552, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83552) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18-150
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,101 total, 39 in this make and model, 238 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22LA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA314) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220709012099A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 9, 2022 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A PIPER PA-18-150 SUPER CUB, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AFTER A HARD LANDING AT 58AR, SUGAR CREEK.

DURING THE APPROACH TO RUNWAY 28, TERRAIN REQUIRED THE PIC TO MAKE AN OFFSET APPROACH THROUGH A NARROW PASS IN A TREE LINE TO THE RIGHT OF THE GRASS RUNWAY. DURING THIS PHASE, THE PIC MADE A LEFT DOG LEG TURN TO POSITION THE AIRCRAFT OVER THE EXTENDED RUNWAY FINAL PRIOR TO MAKING A RIGHT TURN TO LINE UP WITH THE RUNWAY. SHORTLY AFTER THE INITIAL DOG LEG, THE PIC GAINED SIGHT OF UNEXPECTED HAY BALES BETWEEN THE AIRCRAFT AND RUNWAY. THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO INITIATE A GO AROUND BUT DISCOVERED THAT ALL CONTROL EFFECTIVENESS HAD BEEN LOST DURING THE INTITAL ATTUIDE AND COURSE CHANGE. DURING THE INITAL PART OF THE GO AROUND THE PIC HAD STARTED A RIGHT HAND BANK TO AVOID THE HAY BALES.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED A RIGHT BANK TOWARDS A LARGE TREE TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD.  SO THE PIC ELECTED TO PULL THE THROTTLE TO IDLE AND LAND THE AIRCRAFT SHORT OF THE TREE TO AVOID HITTING THE TREE WHILE AIRBORNE.

THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND, IN A SIDE LOADED CONDITION, WITH THE LEFT MAIN GEAR CAUSING THE LEFT STRUT TO PARTIALLY COLLAPSE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED A FORWARD UNCONTROLLED GROUND ROLL AND IMPACTED A STATIONARY HAY BALE WITH THE FORWARD LEFT WING STRUT. UPON CONTACT, THE AIRCRAFT SPUN AROUND 180 DEGREES REARWARD AND CONTINUED THE GROUND ROLL ACROSS THE RUNWAY BEFORE COMING TO A STOP.

THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT MAIN GEAR, LEFT SIDEWALL AIRFRAME TUBING, AND THE FORWARD LEFT WING STRUT.

## 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 CEN22LA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA314), Jul 9, 2022: Piper PA-18-150 (N83552), Rogers, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to establish a stabilize approach criteria during low-level maneuvering to the runway, which resulted in a hard landing and contact with a hay bale.

## Other reports on N83552 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19921008046029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921008046029I), Oct 8, 1992: Piper PA18150 (N83552), No Name, AK, Minor damage. Aircraft being used to compact snow on strip. Right gear sank off edge of strip and nosed over.
- [Incident 19870804057679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870804057679I), Aug 4, 1987: Piper PA18150 (N83552), Boswell Bay, AK, Minor damage. Wind shifted to a tailwind and aircraft ran off runway end. Runway know to have turbulence and variable winds.

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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