- Date
- January 2, 1984, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sauk Rapids, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N82667Piper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840102001209A
- Case key
- 12516
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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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - snow coveredFactor
Terrain condition - hidden obstruction(s)Factor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Gear collapsed
Landing gear,ski assembly - failure,partialFactor
Loss of control - on ground/water
Analysis
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82667
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7909028
- Airframe hours
- 661
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2AB, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Glenn R. Hulslander
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 24, 1983
- Departed
- Milaca, MN
N82667Registered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,746 total · 760 in this make and model · 1,746 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.