# NTSB SEA83LA173: Piper PA-18-150, N14332, Baker, OR, August 10, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 10, 1983, 12:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place: Baker, OR
- Coordinates: 44.829311, -117.759147 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8293&lon=-117.7591&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39751
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA83LA173
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39751/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA173

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear attachment - overload (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14332), registered now, S/N 18-7409090, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18-150
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18-150](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (registry code 7101828) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18-7409090
- Airframe hours: 3070
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830810040589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830810040589A), Aug 10, 1983: Piper PA18150, Baker, OR, Substantial damage. Landed downwind on edge of a closed runway. The left main gear dropped off the edge and broke off. Ground looped.

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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