- Date
- June 9, 1989, 08:55 local (13:55 UTC)
- Place
- Midland, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3937ZPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890609015859A
- Case key
- 22877
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot, which resulted in a loss of aircraft control. The high, gusty, crosswind condition was a related factor.
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 plt rprtd the acft encountered gusty wind conditions immediately after advancing power for takeoff. Subsequently, the acft became airborne & went out of control. The plt said the wind blew the acft sideways, then it nosed into the ground & flipped over. The wind was rprtd to be from 120 deg at 22 gusting 28 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3937Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7783
- Airframe hours
- 1,808
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jack Baggett
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 24, 1989 · 56 hours before
- Departed
- MAF
- Destination
- OZA · Ozona, TX
- Airport
- MAF · Midland Intl, runway 16R, 9,501 × 150 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 507 total · 12 in this make and model · 422 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 22 knots, gusting 28
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MAF
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 N3937Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.