NTSB investigations: Piper PA-18-150, CO
69 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Piper PA-18-150. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.
Cases per year
| 1964 | 5 |
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| 1965 | 2 |
| 1966 | 2 |
| 1967 | 3 |
| 1968 | 3 |
| 1969 | 1 |
| 1970 | 1 |
| 1971 | 1 |
| 1973 | 1 |
| 1974 | 2 |
| 1976 | 1 |
| 1977 | 3 |
| 1978 | 2 |
| 1979 | 3 |
| 1980 | 2 |
| 1981 | 1 |
| 1982 | 1 |
| 1983 | 1 |
| 1988 | 1 |
| 1989 | 2 |
| 1990 | 1 |
| 1991 | 2 |
| 1992 | 2 |
| 1993 | 1 |
| 1995 | 2 |
| 1996 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 |
| 1999 | 4 |
| 2000 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 |
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duckdb -csv -c "SELECT c.\"ntsbNumber\", c.\"eventDate\", c.\"eventType\", c.\"eventCity\", c.\"eventStateOrRegion\", a.n_number, a.\"aircraftMake\", a.\"aircraftModel\", c.\"highestInjuryLevel\", c.\"totalFatal\", c.\"completionStatus\", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c.\"mKey\" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'CO' AND c.\"eventCountry\" = 'USA'
AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7101828', '7104221', '7102835'))
ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'CO' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7101828', '7104221', '7102835'))
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NTSB CEN25LA236Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Meeker, COThe student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action.NTSB CEN24LA373Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Delta, COThe pilot’s loss of aircraft control during a bounced landing and go-around, during which the right main landing gear struck a large rock, which damaged it such that it collapsed during the following landing, which caused the airplane to impact the ground…NTSB CEN23LA085Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Brush, COThe pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll with strong gusty surface winds.NTSB GAA19CA572Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA18 · Boulder, COThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a ground loop.NTSB GAA19CA045Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA18 · Denver, COThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing in gusting wind conditions.NTSB CEN16LA348Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA 18-180 · Colorado Springs, COThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control after encountering a wind gust during the landing roll, which resulted in a ground loop.NTSB GAA15CA011Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA18 - 150 · Boulder, COThe pilot's loss of directional control during a bounced landing, which resulted in a runway excursion.NTSB CEN14LA361Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA 18-150 · Monte Vista, COThe pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during a go-around following impact with a barley crop, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s…NTSB CEN12LA522Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA18 · Peyton, COThe pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during taxi in gusting wind conditions.NTSB CEN12CA183Accident · Minor injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Fort Collins, COThe pilot did not maintain adequate airspeed and airplane control during the go-around, which resulted in the airplane impacting trees.NTSB CEN10CA473Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Watkins, COThe pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing, resulting in a ground-loop.NTSB CEN09CA079Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA18-150 · Colorado Springs, COLoss of directional control due to an encounter with a weather phenomena at rotation.NTSB DEN08CA025Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Cortez, COThe passenger's inadvertent application of brakes, causing the airplane to nose over on landing. A contributing factor was the pilot's failure top adequately brief the passenger.NTSB DEN06LA011Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Cortez, COthe pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane, resulting in a ground loop. Contributing factors were the excessive descent rate, the obstacle (horse), the high density altitude, and the tailwind.NTSB DEN04LA042Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Glade Park, COthe pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision. Contributing factors include the pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing and the snow covered terrain.NTSB DEN01LA078Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Grand Junction, COFailure by the pilot to maintain directional control during takeoff roll. A factor was a crosswind.NTSB DEN00LA126Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Erie, COAircraft control was not possible by the flight instructor due to the inadequate maintenance adjustment of the tail wheel steering system by maintenance personnel. Factors were the inadequate aircraft preflight by the second pilot who was receiving a…NTSB DEN99LA172Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Telluride, COAn encounter with a sudden tailwind gust windshift during landing roll, resulting in an inadvertent ground loop.NTSB DEN99LA124Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Lamar, COThe left brake locked during takeoff roll for undetermined reasons.NTSB DEN99LA111Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Boulder, COThe pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft during landing roll.NTSB DEN99LA052Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18 · Leadville, COThe pilot's inadequate compensation for the gusty crosswind conditions. A factor was the gusting crosswindNTSB FTW98LA398Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Watkins, COGusting winds which blew the aircraft inverted during taxi.NTSB FTW96FA250Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Monument, COThe pilot's VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions in an aircraft which not instrument-equipped. Factors were clouds, low ceiling, and rain.NTSB FTW95LA377Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Westcliffe, COFailure by the pilot to maintain directional control. A factor was gusting cross winds.NTSB FTW95LA221Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18A-180 · Westcliffe, COThe loss of control due to the encounter with the dust devil.NTSB DEN93LA083Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Eagle, COThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control.NTSB DEN93LA016Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Boulder, COThe pilot's failure to evaluate changing weather conditions.NTSB DEN92LA084Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Littleton, COInadvertent stall during final approach to landing.NTSB DEN92LA003Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Telluride, COThe pilot flying the aircraft at a height above ground level which was inadequate for recovery from an encounter with down drafts. A factor was: down draft encounter.NTSB DEN91LA075Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-180 · Elbert, COThe pilot's delay in compensating for wind conditions. Factors were: high winds and a crosswind.NTSB DEN91LA008Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Englewood, COThe failure of the pilot to maintain directional control.NTSB DEN89LA148Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Durango, COThe pilot failed to maintain directional control, which resulted in an inadvertent groundloop/swerve. A factor related to the accident was: the adverse wind condition.NTSB DEN89LA074Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Boulder, COFailure of the dual student to maintain directional control and the failure of the pilot in command (CFI), to provide adequate remedial action in a timely manner, to correct the swerve. A second probable cause was the cfi's failure to provide adequate…NTSB DEN88LA059Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Peyton, CONTSB DEN84LA029Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPiper PA-18-180 · Colorado Spgs, COThe Piper PA-18, N3594P, was being used to tow a burkhart grob flugzeugbau G103 twin astir, N4246L. At 0950 MST, the wind was reported from 310 deg at 9 KTS. Since the terrain sloped downhill to the south, rwy 17R (covered with hard packed snow) was being…NTSB DEN82DA128Accident · No injuriesFinal reportPiper PA-18-150 · Aurora, COThe pilot-in-command (PIC) was refamiliarizing himself in the Piper PA-18. He was occupying the front seat while the owner was acting as second-in-command in the backseat. On the third landing, the aircraft encountered soft terrain towards the end of the…NTSB DEN81FTE19Accident · 1 fatalClosedPiper PA-18 · Alamosa, CONTSB DEN80DTE54Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Aspen, CONTSB DEN80FTE43Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Boulder, CONTSB DEN80FTE11Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Englewood, CONTSB DEN80FTE02Accident · Minor injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Evergreen, CONTSB DEN79DTE71Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Colorado Spngs, CONTSB DEN78FTE76Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Durango, CONTSB DEN78FTE55Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Burlington, CONTSB DEN77FTE78Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPiper PA-18A · Byers, CONTSB DEN77DTE63Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Silver Cliff, CONTSB DEN77FTE55Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Colorado Spgs, CONTSB DEN76FTE55Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Durango, CONTSB DEN74FTE93Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Lamar, CONTSB DEN74DTE80Accident · No injuriesClosedPiper PA-18 · Two Buttes, CO