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NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-18-105 · Oceanside, CA · November 27, 1983

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
November 27, 1983, 12:55 local (20:55 UTC)
Place
Oceanside, CA
Injuries
2 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N300TPiper PA-18-105
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19831127060179A
Case key
24114

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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.

Airframe/component/system failure/malfunctionLanding - flare/touchdown
Landing gear,main gear strut - failure,totalCause
Landing gear,main gear strut - previous damageCause
Loss of control - on ground/waterLanding - roll
Directional control - not maintainedDual studentCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledPilot in command(cfi)Cause
Brakes(normal) - conflictingPilot in command(cfi)Cause
On ground/water collision with objectLanding - roll
Object - fenceFactor

Analysis

The acft collided with a fence during landing roll. The private plt receiving instruction in conventional gear acft was making his second landing. After rolling 150 ft the acft made a skidding right turn and veered off the right side of therwy. The CFI was unable to overcome the turn with left brake the skid marks from both wheels were left on the rwy. The acft crossed the field and hit a fence. The right landing gear was observed to have failed from previous damage.

Aircraft

Registration
N300T
Reported as
Piper PA-18-105
Category
Airplane
Serial number
18-2414
Airframe hours
4,354
Engine
Lycoming O-235-C1, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Instructional · Part 91
Registered owner
Civil Air Patrol, Inc.
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
100 hour · October 10, 1983 · 15 hours before
Departed
SEE · El Cajon, CA
Flight plan
VFR
Airport
L32 · Oceanside Muni, runway 24, 3,061 × 75 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
62
Certificates
Flight instructor, Airline transport, Flight engineer
Airplane ratings
Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
Instrument ratings
Airplane
Medical
Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Seat
Rear
Flight hours
24,242 total · 11 in this make and model · 19,612 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
240° at 5 knots
Visibility
20 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
68 °F, dew point -0 °F
Altimeter
29.00 inHg

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.