- Date
- March 14, 1982, 10:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place
- Richland, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1578PPiper PA-18-135
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820314004019A
- Case key
- 72380
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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.
Analysis
The pilot was practicing short field landings. On this approach, he added power to arrest a high sink rate, but felt that the engine did not respond adequately. A hard landing occurred. The engine was examined, and during a test run, it operated satisfactorily.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1578P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-135
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18 3741
- Airframe hours
- 2,323
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Civil Air Patrol Inc.
- Registered owner
- Civil Air Patrol Inc.
- Departed
- RLD · Richland, WA
- Destination
- RLD · Richland, WA
- Airport
- RLD · Richland, runway 1, 4,000 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,025 total · 87 in this make and model · 2,850 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 2° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 126 °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.