Piper PA-18 N8118

Summary

On 6 June 1987 at about 14:00 local time, a Piper PA-18 registered N8118 was involved in an accident near Speculator, New York, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 June 1987 at 14:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Speculator, New York, United States

Coordinates

43.5496, -74.4304

Aircraft

Piper PA-18

Registration

N8118

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC87LA161

Nobody was injured.

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 HAD BEEN PRACTICING SHORT WATER TAKEOFFS WITH FULL FLAPS. AFTER SVCG THE ACFT WITH A FULL LOAD OF FUEL, HE BEGAN A TAKEOFF WITH 20 DEG OF FLAPS & GOT THE FLOAT PLANE ON THE STEP. HE RPRTD THAT AS HE WAS APPLYING FULL FLAPS, THE ACFT ENCTRD A GUST OF WIND. HE BELIEVED THAT AT THAT TIME, HE 'DID NOT CLICK IN FULL FLAPS' BUT EASED OFF THE FLAPS. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT STALLED & CONTACTED THE WATER, DAMAGING THE LEFT WING TIP, LEFT REAR PONTOON STRUT & THE HORIZONTAL PONTOON SPREADER BARS. THE PLT RPRTD THE WIND WAS FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 15 GUSTING 20 KTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.