Piper PA-18-150 N9268D

Summary

On 14 September 2008 at about 23:45 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N9268D, operated by Yoseph Barry L, was involved in an accident near Napavine, Washington, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

14 September 2008 at 23:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Napavine, Washington, United States

Nearest airport

Druckmen Field

Coordinates

46.5956, -122.9203

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-150

Registration

N9268D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Yoseph Barry L

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Napavine → Napavine

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA08LA200

1 person was seriously injured.

The pilot's decision to make a low-altitude pass, and his failure to maintain clearance from all structures while maneuvering.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

Soon after liftoff, the pilot made a steeply-banked right turn of more than 90 degrees in order to make a low pass by the house of a friend. As he flew by the friend's house, with the airplane still in a steep right bank, the airplane's right wing tip clipped a greenhouse/potting shed in the neighbor's yard. After contacting the shed, the airplane continued on for about 150 feet before impacting the corner of a hangar owned by the pilot. According to a witness in the yard where the shed was located, the airplane's engine sounded like it was running smooth and strong, and it appeared that the pilot was in control up until the time the airplane clipped the shed. There was no evidence of any pre-impact malfunction of the airplane's engine, flight controls, or airframe.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.