# Accident 20251002014379A: Piper PA-18-150, Fessenden, ND, October 2, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 2025, 17:00 local time
- Place: Fessenden, ND
- Airport: Fessenden Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4897° N, 99.8152° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4897&lon=-99.8152&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91042, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91042) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,494 total, 17 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN26LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251002014379A

## Narrative

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

DURING A PRACTICE MANEUVER, THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) LANDED AN AIRCRAFT IN A RECENTLY HARVESTED BEAN FIELD. UPON LANDING, THE PIC AGGRESSIVELY APPLIED THE BRAKES DURING THE ROLLOUT, WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO AN INVERTED REST, SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PIC WAS NOT INJURED

## 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 CEN26LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA013), Oct 2, 2025: Piper PA-18-150 (N91042), Chaseley, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s excessive braking during the landing roll, which resulted in a nose over.

## Other reports on N91042 (1)

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

- [Accident 20040904022609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040904022609A), Sep 4, 2004: Piper PA18150 (N91042), Gran, NE, Substantial damage. (-23) On the roll out from a wheel landing on runway 33 at Grant, NE, the pilot said that his left boot heel was wedged between the left rudder pedal and the…

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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