- Date
- October 7, 1990, 12:13 local (16:13 UTC)
- Place
- Emlenton, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N117TPiper PA-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901007044239A
- Case key
- 36819
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the landing. The turbulence contributed to the accident.
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.
Hard landing
TurbulenceFactor
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertent
Main gear collapsed
Analysis
The pilot reported he encountered moderate-to-severe turbulence near touchdown, and the airplane dropped aprx 15 ft, collapsing the landing gear. The airplane then nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N117T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-2231
- Airframe hours
- 3,846
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aaa Aviation
- Registered owner
- Samuel J. Kademenos
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 8G4 · Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport
- NONE · Private
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--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 458 total · 63 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.