- Date
- August 6, 1987, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hopeful, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1023KPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870806047359A
- Case key
- 7496
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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 plt was lndg on a unidirectional ag strip with a tail wind & a thunderstorm (tstm) nearby. He rprtd that drg the roll-out, a gust of wind from the tstm picked up the tail of the acft & flipped the plane over on its top. He estimated the wind was from the south at 8 gusting 20 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1023K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-3942
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ala. Aviation & Tech. College
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- Pvt Ag Strip, runway 36, 1,300 × ft, grass/turf
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
- Age
- 33
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 374 total · 15 in this make and model · 300 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.