# Accident 20240928016159A: Piper PA-18-150, Delta, CO, September 28, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2024, 09:50 local time
- Place: Delta, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 6WCS
- Location: 38.7857° N, 108.0620° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7857&lon=-108.0620&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4155W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4155W) (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, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,531 total, 18 in this make and model, 195 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA373](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA373) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240928016159A

## Narrative

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

AIRPLANE BOUNCED UPON LANDING. THE PILOT EXECUTED A GO-AROUND AS THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO CLIMB THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED PAST THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR STRUCK A ROCK CAUSING DAMAGE TWISTING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR SIDEWAYS. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED ON THE DIRT RUNWAY WHEREUPON THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT WAS PROPERLY CERTIFICATED FOR THE FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT REQUIRED INSPECTION RECORDS ARE CURRENT.

## 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 CEN24LA373](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA373), Sep 28, 2024: Piper PA-18-150 (N4155W), Delta, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of aircraft control during a bounced landing and go-around, during which the right main landing gear struck a large rock, which damaged it such that it collapsed during the following…

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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