- Date
- October 8, 1983, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wichita Falls, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N338TPiper PA-18-105 Special
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831008053589A
- Case key
- 21173
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that during a landing with a quartering left head wind, the right brake did not hold & the acft veered to the left. He added power in an attempt to avoid a ground loop; however, the acft went in a wet, plowed field & nosed over. Reportedly, there were no malfunctions of the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N338T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-105 Special (PA-18-105)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-2452
- Airframe hours
- 4,044
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Civil Air Patrol Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 6, 1983 · 10 hours before
- Airport
- F14 · Wichita Valley, runway 13, 3,490 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 439 total · 67 in this make and model · 11 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,900 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N338T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.