- Date
- September 23, 1982, 15:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Visalia, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N91238Piper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820923049829A
- Case key
- 72933
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
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Terrain condition - softFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
Nose over
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Analysis
According to the pilot, he was landing on runway 28 with a crosswind from the north at 10-12 KTS. He reported that during touchdown, the wind blew the aircraft to the left. The left main gear encountered soft dirt which diverted the plane onto bumpy ground. When the aircraft was almost stopped, it hit a large bump and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91238
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8209005
- Airframe hours
- 35
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Johnston Aircraft Svc. Inc.
- Registered owner
- Johnston Aircraft Svc. Inc.
- Departed
- TLR · Tulare, CA
- Destination
- LAS · Las Vegas, NV
- Airport
- runway 28, 1,200 × 0 ft, dirt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 920 total · 40 in this make and model · 875 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 183 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VIS, 2 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.