# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-18-150, 2025

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 CEN26LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA020.md): Piper PA18 · Reserve, LA · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Oct 15, 2025 · N82016 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s inadvertent application of the wheel brakes after touchdown.
- [NTSB CEN26LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA013.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Chaseley, ND · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Oct 2, 2025 · N91042 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s excessive braking during the landing roll, which resulted in a nose over.
- [NTSB ANC25LA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA108.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Delta Junction, AK · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 17, 2025 · N7777D · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from an object during takeoff, which resulted in a collision and ground loop. Contributing was the pilot’s selection of an unsuitable takeoff area.
- [NTSB ANC25LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA120.md): Piper PA-18-150 · St Mary's, AK · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 14, 2025 · N3797Z · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s improper decision to takeoff with a tailwind, from a short off-airport strip, which degraded the climb performance of the airplane and led to impact with trees at the end of the strip.
- [NTSB ANC25LA119](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA119.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Eagle, AK · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 8, 2025 · N1869W · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from brush during landing.
- [NTSB CEN25LA322](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA322.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Joliet, IL · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Aug 14, 2025 · N476SM · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the No. 2 cylinder exhaust valve, which resulted in a total loss of engine power.
- [NTSB ANC25LA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA072.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Dillingham, AK · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 12, 2025 · N82109 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain direction control during takeoff roll which resulted in a ground loop, and subsequent runway excursion.
- [NTSB ANC25LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA075.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Palmer, AK · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 11, 2025 · N8979D · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's excessive braking during the landing roll, resulting in a nose over.
- [NTSB CEN25LA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA236.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Meeker, CO · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 3, 2025 · N66898 · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action.
- [NTSB ANC25LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA071.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Willow, AK · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jun 3, 2025 · N3994Z · Substantial damage
  > The flight instructor’s delayed remedial action/lack of supervision. Contributing to the accident was the pilot receiving instructions failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in gusting wind conditions, which resulted in a ground loop.
- [NTSB WPR25LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA155.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Enumclaw, WA · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report · May 10, 2025 · N333TM · Substantial damage
  > On May 10, 2025, about 1412 Pacific daylight time, a Piper PA-18-150, N333TM, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Enumclaw, Washington. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal…
- [NTSB ANC25LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA033.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Bethel, AK · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Apr 9, 2025 · N57617 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's delayed decision to abort the takeoff when the airplane was not attaining sufficient airspeed for takeoff and subsequently departed the end of the lake and collided with terrain.
- [NTSB ERA25LA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA207.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Winter Haven, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Mar 29, 2025 · N38BS · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s inadvertent movement of the fuel selector to a position that restricted fuel flow to the engine, which resulted in the loss of engine power during takeoff.
- [NTSB ANC25LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA024.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Palmer, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Mar 2, 2025 · N6999 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain an appropriate airspeed during the landing approach, which resulted in exceedance of the critical angle of attack and an aerodynamic stall, during gusting wind conditions.
- [NTSB ANC25LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA022.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Anchor Point, AK · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Feb 28, 2025 · N3798Z · Substantial damage
  > A complete loss of engine power as a result of carburetor ice due to the pilot’s failure to effectively use carburetor heat in conditions conducive to the formation of carburetor ice.
- [NTSB ANC25LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA019.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Wasilla, AK · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Feb 21, 2025 · N2447J · Substantial damage
  > A total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB WPR25LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA074.md): Piper PA-18-150 · Red Rock, MT · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jan 6, 2025 · N4644Y · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff, which resulted in an impact with deep snow and vegetation.

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 2025
  AND 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'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7101828&year=2025

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