- Date
- August 25, 1990, 17:00 local (Aug 26, 1990, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- North Plains, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N965CDPiper PA-18A-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900825037119A
- Case key
- 41266
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Probable cause
The pilot's failue to maintain adequate clearance from an object near the runway.
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 taxi out to perform a glider tow, the aircraft hit a small building while turning around at the end of the runway. The pilot stated that he lost his right brake; however, the mechanic who repaired the aircraft stated there was nothing wrong with the brakes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N965CD
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18A-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-4976
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Albert W. Sleight
- Registered owner
- John A Fitzgerald
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · July 14, 1990 · 205 hours before
- Departed
- 1OR4
- Airport
- 1OR4 · North Plains, runway 9, 1,600 × 30 ft, grass/turf
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
- 78
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 14,000 total · 500 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.