Piper PA-18-150 N8042B

Summary

On 3 September 1984 at about 20:31 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N8042B was involved in an accident near Oak Grove, Wisconsin, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 September 1984 at 20:31

Classification

Accident

Location

Oak Grove, Wisconsin, United States

Coordinates

43.4602, -88.8295

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-150

Registration

N8042B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Juneau → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI84FA376

3 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

THE PLT STATED TO THE HOST OF THE PICNIC THAT HE WOULD 'BUZZ THE PARTY A COUPLE OF TIMES.' THE TWO SEAT ACFT HAD THREE OCCUPANTS ABOARD AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. WITNESSES STATED THAT THE ACFT PASSED OVER THE PICNIC TWICE AT A VERY LOW ALTITUDE. THE ACFT THEN CLIMBED, REVERSED DIRECTION AND DESCENDED BACK TOWARD THE FIELD. THE PLT ATTEMPTED TO FLY BETWEEN TWO TREES BUT THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE TREE. THE ACFT IMPACTED THE GND AND BURNED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.