# NTSB investigations: Piper PA-18A 150, 1983

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 ANC84LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA025.md): Piper PA-18 · Anchorage, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 16, 1983 · N2894Z · Substantial damage
  > The plt reported that during flt, he encountered freezing rain. Although he applied carburetor heat, the eng ceased operating. During a forced landing, the right main gear collapsed & the right outboard wing panel was damaged. The plt reported that freezing…
- [NTSB DEN84LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA053.md): Piper PA-18A 150 · Herreid, SD · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 1, 1983 · N3401W · Substantial damage
  > The acft ran into a creek bed during an off arpt landing and the landing gear collapsed. The plt was conducting an aerial hunt of coyotes. After shooting one he sought a place to land to pick up the carcass and stated that although he inspected the area from…
- [NTSB NYC83FA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA142.md): Piper PA-18A-150 · Collegeville, PA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 12, 1983 · N783L · Destroyed
  > During takeoff, the acft was observed to enter a steep climb after making a short takeoff roll. One witness estimated that the takeoff roll was about 400 ft & then the acft entered a climb at aprx a 35 deg angle. After reaching an altitude of about 200 to 300…
- [NTSB DEN83LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA127.md): Piper PA-18A-150 · Hilger, MT · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 29, 1983 · N3380Z · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that he and another pilot were spraying a field in tandem formation at an alt of about 10 feet AGL. He was about 1/2 mile behind the lead acft and slightly to the left. After making a swath run he pulled up to about 100 ft AGL and started…
- [NTSB FTW83LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA168.md): Piper PA-18A-150 · Mountain Park, OK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 28, 1983 · N6983D · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that he was taking off to the north on a highway for a crop spraying operation. The aircraft was loaded with 720 pounds of chemical and 36 gal of fuel. He perceived a breeze from the south but took off north because of a hill to the south.…

## 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") = 1983
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7101837'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=7101837&year=1983

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.