# NTSB DEN83LA011: Piper PA-18-125, N1190A, Camp Crook, SD, October 24, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 23, 1982, 18:30 local (Oct 24, 1982, 00:30 UTC)
- Place: Camp Crook, SD
- Coordinates: 45.539608, -103.969589 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5396&lon=-103.9696&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 23, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70117
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN83LA011
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70117/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA011

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - flight control system - jammed (cause)
  - maintenance,inspection - inadequate, other maintenance personnel (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering
  - terrain condition - crop (contributing factor)

## Analysis

PILOT MAKING LOW ALTUTUDE TURNS FOUND CONTROLS JAMMED AND COLLIDED LEFT WING LOW IN DESCENT WITH BALES OF HAY. FUSELAGE WAS FOUND TO CONTAIN SPENT AND LIVE SHOTGUN SHELLS UNDER THE FLOOR. AILERON HAD A FIRING PIN FROM A SHOTGUN LODGED IN A PULLEY. THE PILOT HAD BEEN AN AERIAL HUNTER FOR YEARS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1190A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1190A-2011-01-21), registration cancelled 2011-01-21, S/N 18-805, built 1951 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18-125
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (registry code 7101802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-290 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (registry code 41506, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18805
- Airframe hours: 4626
- Engines: LYCOMING O-290-D 125 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Both
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Gary Roger Tennant
- Registered owner: Gary Roger Tennant
- Departed: CAMP CROOK, SD
- Destination: CAMP CROOK, SD
- Airport: 10, Tennant Ranch

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 2,561 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 150° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 138 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: RAP, 134 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821023058169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821023058169A), Oct 23, 1982: Piper PA18125, Camp Crook, SD, Destroyed. Ailerons locked during a steep low altitude turn. Crashed into haystack. Shotgun shells firing pin jammed control.

## Other investigations on N1190A (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC70D0072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC70D0072), Jul 3, 1969: Piper PA-18 (N1190A), Camp Crook, SD, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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