- Date
- August 12, 1982, 18:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Devalls Bluff, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2601SPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820812038109A
- Case key
- 70470
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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.
Nose over
Terrain condition - softFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Analysis
The pilot was flying over his farm and decided to land in a freshly plowed field. During the rollout, the main gear settled in the loose dirt and the plane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2601S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 187909167
- Airframe hours
- 277
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Henry C. Strohl
- Registered owner
- Henry C. Strohl
- Departed
- BM8 · Stuttgart, AR
- Destination
- BM8 · Stuttgart, AR
N2601SRegistered 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 4,200 total · 2,100 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.