- Date
- August 11, 1982, 08:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Berryessa, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N63822Piper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 71313
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Airspeed - excessiveCause
Ground loop/swerve - intentionalCause
Nose over
Brakes(normal) - improper use ofCause
Analysis
Pilot landed too fast in a no wind condition and groundlooped trying to stop. Heavy braking in grass caused a nose over the pilot says he will lengthen the 720 foot runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63822
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-8009023
- Airframe hours
- 167
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- George F. Gamble
- Registered owner
- George F. Gamble
- Departed
- Lake Berryessa, CA
- Destination
- Lake Berryessa, CA
- Airport
- Gamble Ranch, runway 15, 720 × 0 ft, gravel
N63822Registered 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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,140 total · 130 in this make and model · 3,140 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 133 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- APC, 18 nm away