- Date
- March 23, 1990, 07:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Reno, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9977QPiper PA18-160
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900323005359A
- Case key
- 41178
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain directional control during landing roll.
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 lost control during landing roll. The aircraft swerved off the 150 ft. wide runway, entered soft terrain and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9977Q
- Reported as
- Piper PA18-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-3575
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gregory V. Towning
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 13, 1989 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- 002 · Beckwourth, CA
- Airport
- 4SD · Reno Stead, runway 26, 7,600 × 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 686 total · 93 in this make and model · 686 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RNO, 12 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.
Other investigations on N9977Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.