- Date
- March 28, 1990, 09:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Redmond, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N83681Piper PA18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900328011789A
- Case key
- 41180
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
Pilot did maintain directional control of the airplane during the takeoff ground run. The pilot was unable to adequately correct the situation before the airplane exited the runway and ground looped resulting in the collapse of the main landing gear.
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
During the takeoff ground roll, the airplane began to veer to the left. The pilot was unable to regain control of the airplane before it exited the runway and ground looped to the right collapsing the main landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83681
- Reported as
- Piper PA18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7709119
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tognoli, Steve
- Airport
- RDM · Roberts Fld, runway 10, 6,999 × 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
- 55
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 15,000 total · 200 in this make and model · 18,854 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.