- Date
- October 16, 1982, 07:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Oceanside, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7873DPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 72077
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While attempting a touch and go from a wheel landing the pilot lost directional control and collided with a parked aircraft and a chain fence, finally nosing over. The pilot said he did not use enough right rudder during the roll. The parked aircraft, N5515B, a Cessna 152, was substantially damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7873D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-6028
- Airframe hours
- 2,246
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bennie J. Allen
- Registered owner
- Bennie J. Allen
- Departed
- OCN · Oceanside, CA
- Destination
- OCN · Oceanside, CA
- Airport
- OCN · Oceanside Municipal, runway 24, 3,100 × 0 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 785 total · 6 in this make and model · 714 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 154 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
Other investigations on N7873D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.