- Date
- July 14, 1987, 15:24 local (21:24 UTC)
- Place
- Worland, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4237ZPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870714048939A
- Case key
- 17268
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Lack of total experience in type of aircraftFactor
Go-around - not performedCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
Nose down
Brakes(normal) - improper use ofCause
Analysis
The plt said the acft bounced during landing and he lost control. The acft ran off the rwy and when the plt applied the brakes too hard, the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4237Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-8464
- Airframe hours
- 1,676
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Carl Yorgason
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 7, 1987 · 24 hours before
- Airport
- WRL · Worland, runway 34, 7,004 × 100 ft, asphalt
N4237ZRegistered 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 131 total · 30 in this make and model · 109 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- WRL, 1 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.