# NTSB SEA83LA108: Piper PA18-150, N8576C, Touchet, WA, May 24, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 24, 1983, 14:04 local (21:04 UTC)
- Place: Touchet, WA
- Coordinates: 46.409313, -118.900802 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4093&lon=-118.9008&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39699
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA83LA108
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39699/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA108

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT NOSED OVER DURING LANDING AND CAME TO REST INVERTED IN AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING. THE PILOT WAS SURVEYING SOME LAND TO BE SPRAYED TO ESTIMATE THE COST. HE LANDED ON THE FIELD WHICH WAS VERY SOFT AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8576C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8576C), registered now, S/N 18-2730, built 1953 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18-150
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18A](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a) (registry code 7101804) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-290 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (registry code 41506, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18-2730
- Airframe hours: 3760
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-C1 115 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Edwin A. Reser
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 24, 1983
- Departed: NONE, WALLA WALLA, WA
- Destination: NONE, TOUCHET, WA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 10,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 10,000 as pilot in command, 200 in the last 90 days, 50 in the last 30 days, 10 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: ALW, 30 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830524021879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830524021879A), May 24, 1983: Piper PA18A, Touchet, WA, Substantial damage. Nosed over in soft ground landing in a farm field.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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