Piper PA-18-150 N3770P

Summary

On 24 September 1983 at about 21:15 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N3770P was involved in an accident near Encampment, Wyoming, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 September 1983 at 21:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Encampment, Wyoming, United States

Coordinates

41.1991, -106.7909

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-150

Registration

N3770P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Saratoga → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN83FA222

2 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

A LOW PASS WAS MADE OVER A FISHING POND SO THE FRONT SEAT PLT COULD WAVE AT HIS FATHER. ACCORDING TO THE PLT'S FATHER, THE PASS WAS BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE TREE TOPS. IN ATTEMPTING TO PULL UP SHARPLY TO AVOID THE TREES, THE ACFT WAS BANKED STEEPLY AND STALLED. THE ACFT THEN HIT AN UNOCCUPPIED HOUSE AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE REAR SEAT PLT WAS THE OWNER-OPERATOR OF THE ACFT. THE FRONT SEAT PLT HAD ABOUT 2200 HRS TOTAL FLT TIME & A 'CONSIDERABLE AMOUT OF TIME' IN A PA-18-150 SINCE HE WAS A FORMER ALASKA BUSH PLT. THE FRONT SEAT PLT IS PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN AT THE CONTROLS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.