Piper PA-18-150 N9670P

Summary

On 21 May 1999 at about 15:00 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N9670P was involved in an accident near Palacios, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

21 May 1999 at 15:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Palacios, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Private Air Strip (NONE)

Coordinates

28.7091, -96.2292

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-150

Registration

N9670P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Palacios → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW99LA146

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with terrain. A factor was the high vegetation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane's left wing contacted tall weeds during the landing flare, and subsequently, the airplane nosed over. The pilot stated that there was a 'slight crosswind from the left,' which drifted the airplane 'slightly to the right.' The pilot lowered the left wing to correct for the crosswind. Subsequently the left wing contacted tall weeds located adjacent to the landing area. The airplane exited the left side of the air strip, where it rolled up a canal bank, turned 90 degrees to the left, and nosed over into the canal. The pilot stated that he had landed in the same area a few weeks earlier and was unaware that the grass had grown so much since then.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.