- Date
- February 19, 1983, 12:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Front Royal, VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N40552Piper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 6025
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft nosed over during landing. There were no mechanical malfunctions. The pilot said that as he landed, the acft skipped. He said the acft was relanded but the tail came up. The tail was lowered, came up again and with back pressure on the control stick the acft nosed over. The pilot did not file a written report.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40552
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7509126
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Warrenton Soaring Center
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- FRR · Front Royal-Warren Co., runway 27, 3,019 × 50 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Front
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F