- Date
- February 27, 1986, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Uvalde, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6798APiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860227006769A
- Case key
- 22154
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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.
Analysis
The acft collided with mesquite brush during a landing on a ranch airstrip. The plt overcorrected and the acft touched down in a crab to the right. The plt applied the brakes & the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6798A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-8009052
- Airframe hours
- 688
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- B & T Cattle Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 11, 1986
- Airport
- Davison Ranch, runway 16, 1,300 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 230 total · 12 in this make and model · 36 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 5 knots
- 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.
Other investigations on N6798A · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.