- Date
- April 2, 1983, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Powers Lake, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3944ZPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830402016069A
- Case key
- 16059
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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 collision with object
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not possible
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Nose over
Analysis
According to the plt, he was landing on a road near a friend's house when the left wing hit a steelpost and caused the acft to veer off the road and into a ditch. The acft then nosed over in the ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3944Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7801
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John P. Mccarty
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Leeds, ND
N3944ZRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Front
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- 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.