# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-18-150: On ground/water encounter with terrain/water

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB SEA08CA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA018.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Stockton, CA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Nov 1, 2007 · N4153M · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a ditch while taxiing. Contributing factors were the pilot's inadequate visual lookout and the ditch.
- [NTSB ANC08CA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08CA008.md): Piper PA-18 · Anchorage, AK · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 24, 2007 · N3236P · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing area which resulted in an on ground encounter with terrain, and a nose over.
- [NTSB ANC05TA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05TA126.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Cold Foot, AK · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Aug 20, 2005 · N13833 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, which resulted in the airplane nosing down during the landing roll. A factor associated with the accident was the rough and uneven terrain.
- [NTSB ANC05LA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05LA072.md): Piper PA-18 · Cordova, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 7, 2005 · N9206Y · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, and his failure to maintain control of the airplane, which resulted in a nose over during the landing roll. A factor contributing to the accident was uneven terrain.
- [NTSB ANC05LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC05LA009.md): Piper PA-18 · Chickaloon, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 17, 2004 · N5057Y · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane, which resulted in a collision with terrrain during the landing roll. Factors contributing to the accident were a rough/rutted and snow-covered airstrip surface, and an inadvertent ground…
- [NTSB ANC04LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA096.md): Piper PA-18 · Paxson, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 26, 2004 · N8597D · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, which resulted in a collision with a rock and subsequent main landing gear collapse during the landing roll. A factor contributing to the accident was rough, uneven terrain.
- [NTSB DEN04LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA042.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Glade Park, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 8, 2004 · N57534 · Substantial damage
  > the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision. Contributing factors include the pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing and the snow covered terrain.
- [NTSB ANC03LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA093.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Glennallen, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 10, 2003 · N3695P · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for takeoff, which resulted in a nose over. A factor contributing to the accident was the soft sand of the sandbar.
- [NTSB ANC03CA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03CA080.md): Piper PA-18 · Talkeetna, AK · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 17, 2003 · N83582 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing roll, which resulted in a nose over.
- [NTSB ANC03TA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03TA072.md): Piper PA-18-160 · Anchorage, AK · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jul 9, 2003 · N7051 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, which resulted in an encounter with high brush.
- [NTSB ANC03LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA050.md): Piper PA-18-160 · Kenai, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 17, 2003 · N814JM · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to compensate for gusting wind conditions during the landing flare, which resulted in the airplane encountering brush, and nosing over. Factors contributing to the accident were high brush, and gusting winds.
- [NTSB ANC03LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA036.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Palmer, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 28, 2003 · N4448Z · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, which resulted in an encounter with soft snow, and subsequent nose over during the landing roll. A factor contributing to the accident was the soft, snow-covered terrain.
- [NTSB ANC03LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC03LA027.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Soldotna, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 11, 2003 · N4492A · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for takeoff, and his failure to maintain aircraft control which resulted in a nose over. A factor contributing to the accident was standing puddles of water on the frozen lake.
- [NTSB ANC02LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02LA094.md): Piper PA-18 · Copper Center, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 11, 2002 · N83272 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing, resulting in a nose-over during the landing roll. A factor contributing to the accident was rough/uneven terrain.
- [NTSB ANC02TA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02TA036.md): Piper PA-18 · Holy Cross, AK · Accident · No injuries · Final report · May 16, 2002 · N82735 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing. A factor in the accident was the presence of high vegetation (willows) along the right side of the landing area.
- [NTSB ANC00LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA130.md): Piper PA-18 · Wasilla, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 27, 2000 · N7099Y · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll. A factor associated with the accident was the presence of tall brush alongside the runway.
- [NTSB ANC00LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC00LA028.md): Piper PA-18 · Willow, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 17, 2000 · N7164B · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing. Factors in the accident were soft, snow covered terrain.
- [NTSB ANC99LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA119.md): Piper PA-18 · Seward, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 17, 1999 · N8841Y · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing. A factor was soft sand.
- [NTSB FTW99LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA146.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Palacios, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 21, 1999 · N9670P · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with terrain. A factor was the high vegetation.
- [NTSB ANC98LA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA126.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Cordova, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 19, 1998 · N7099Y · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing area. A factor associated with the accident was grass covered rocks.
- [NTSB ANC98LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC98LA035.md): Piper PA-18 · Talkeetna, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 4, 1998 · N4320Z · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing. Factors in the accident were snow covered terrain, and a hidden obstruction.
- [NTSB ANC96LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96LA160.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Kotzebue, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 17, 1996 · N3086Z · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing area. A factor in the accident was the soft terrain.
- [NTSB SEA96LA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96LA189.md): Piper PA-18 · Ephrata, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 13, 1996 · N8109Y · Substantial damage
  > failure of the pilot to maintain proper alignment with the landing area (driveway) during the landing. Factors relating to the accident were: the selection of an unsuitable area for landing, the reported turbulence during landing, and an encounter with a rock…
- [NTSB ANC96LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96LA007.md): Piper PA-18 · Girdwood, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 20, 1995 · N3183Z · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing. Soft sandy terrain was a related factor.
- [NTSB ANC95LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC95LA134.md): Piper PA-18 · Cordova, AK · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 9, 1995 · N7459L · Substantial damage
  > Failure of the pilot to maintain proper alignment with the intended takeoff area during the takeoff roll. Factors relating to the accident were: pilot fatigue and the proximity of rocks/boulders to the takeoff area.
- [NTSB CHI95LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA074.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Burwell, NE · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 24, 1995 · N8825Z · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing and takeoff. A factor was rough/uneven terrain.
- [NTSB ANC95LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC95LA021.md): Piper PA-18 · Juneau, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 17, 1994 · N5285J · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for the attempted takeoff.
- [NTSB ANC93LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC93LA163.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Victory, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 31, 1993 · N9016Y · Substantial damage
  > The partial failure of the airplane's brake system. Factor was the intentional ground looping by the pilot-in-command.
- [NTSB ANC89LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89LA158.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Trading Bay, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 1, 1989 · N4482E · Substantial damage
  > Selection of unsuitable terrain (landing area) by the pilot. Contributing factors were: improper information provided by other personnel and a hidden obstruction (log) in tall vegetation (grass).
- [NTSB DEN89LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA065.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Medicine Lake, MT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 19, 1989 · N83596 · Substantial damage
  > Selection of unsuitable terrain by the pilot, resulting in a collision with snowdrifts during landing ground run.
- [NTSB DEN88LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA154.md): Piper PA-18 · Cody, WY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 12, 1988 · N6083A · Substantial damage
  > During landing on a ranch road while on a business flight the plt struck a pile of gravel placed on the road to facilitate road repairs. The aircraft flipped over and caused substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer, horizontal stabilizer, propeller and…
- [NTSB CHI84LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA074.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Sauk Rapids, MN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 2, 1984 · N82667 · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated that while landing on a snow covered field one of the landing skis broke when it struck a dirt mound below the snow. The acft cartwheeled and flipped over.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7101828', '7104221', '7102835')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 320))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7101828&occurrence=320

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