- Date
- December 18, 1984, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Stow, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N14315Piper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841218067439A
- Case key
- 35816
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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
Aircraft handling - not maintainedCause
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
Nose over
Analysis
Plt stated that after a normal crosswind touchdown, the tail section did not drop as expected, but rose and veered left. Acft swerved and flipped inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14315
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 187609012
- Airframe hours
- 1,361
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Patrick J. Greene
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 17, 1984
- Departed
- BVY · Beverly, MA
- Airport
- 6B6 · Minute Man, runway 3, 2,770 × 50 ft, asphalt
N14315Registered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,952 total · 1,310 in this make and model · 2,886 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
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 N14315 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.