- Date
- August 10, 1983, 12:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Baker, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N14332Piper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830810040589A
- Case key
- 39751
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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 said the acft veered 180 degrees, hit a depression and then the left wing struck the ground. The pilot was landing on rwy 30 which was closed for resurfacing. The x's had been moved 50 ft off the centerline of the rwy. The acft left landing gear dropped off the edge of the rwy breaking the left gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14332
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7409090
- Airframe hours
- 3,070
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bernadette Lee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 17, 1982
- Departed
- 59S · Vancouver, WA
- Airport
- BKE · Baker, runway 30, 4,849 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 100 in this make and model · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 13,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BKE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.