- Date
- August 30, 1982, 10:59 local (16:59 UTC)
- Place
- Homedale, ID
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N54242Piper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820830042699A
- Case key
- 71062
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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 - in flight
Low pass - performedFactor
Flight controls - improper use ofCause
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertent
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
As the acft made a pass over a field the plt cut the power & slowed the acft into slow flight. The acft then made a steep turn & stalled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54242
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18760948
- Airframe hours
- 654
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bryce Peterson
- Registered owner
- Bryce Peterson
- Departed
- Homedale, ID
- Destination
- Homedale, ID
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 313 total · 313 in this make and model · 210 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 180 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.