- Date
- June 18, 1984, 19:00 local (Jun 19, 1984, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Blue Ridge, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N82213Piper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840618074769A
- Case key
- 21375
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt had power at idle during descent from 900 ft AGL to 200 ft AGL. During a low pass over a field, plt advanced throttle, engine sputtered and did not accelerate. Heavy braking was used during forced landing roll and acft nosed over. Plt did not recall using carb heat during descent and low pass at idle pwr. Engine was successfully run at low and high pwr settings after the accident. Plt made low pass to view real estate.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82213
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-8009031
- Airframe hours
- 343
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Centerline Aviation
- Registered owner
- Grant A. Dove
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 14, 1983 · 79 hours before
- Departed
- ADS · Addison, TX
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 330 total · 12 in this make and model · 205 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N82213 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.