Piper PA-18-150 N82213
1 November 2009 · Lewiston, Idaho, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 1 November 2009 at about 15:15 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N82213, operated by James J. Babb, was involved in an accident near Lewiston, Idaho, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 15:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Lewiston, Idaho, United States
- Nearest airport
- Pinnacle (0ID8)
- Coordinates
- 46.3773, -117.0112
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-18-150
- Registration
- N82213
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- James J. Babb
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Grangeville → Grangeville
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- WPR10CA049
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's delayed decision to execute a go-around in gusting winds and with up-sloping terrain.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot, who was making a visual-flight-rules approach to an 800-foot-long remote airstrip, overflew the runway to observe the windsock. Because he observed the windsock hanging limp, he assumed that the winds around the runway were calm, and therefore continued his approach. About the time he reached the approach end of the uphill-sloping runway, the airplane encountered a strong tailwind gust, which pushed it "…too far up the strip to land." The pilot therefore executed a go-around, but his decision was "too late" and he was therefore unable to outclimb the terrain on the departure end of the runway. During the go-around sequence, the airplane's landing gear came in contact with brush and it flipped over onto its back. Ground witnesses told the pilot that all morning the winds had been variable in direction and had been changing rapidly from nearly calm to gusting as high as 20 miles per hour.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-18 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Jun 2009 | Piper PA-18-150 | Tyonek, Alaska, United States | Hester John T | No injuries | - |
| 9 Aug 2009 | Piper PA-18 | Aspen, Colorado, United States | Culwell Charles W DBA | No injuries | - |
| 26 Apr 2009 | Piper PA-18-135 | Palmer, Alaska, United States | Edwin A. Stoltenberg | No injuries | - |
| 14 Jun 2009 | Piper PA-18-150 | Hell's Canyon, Oregon, United States | Gary Lazenby | No injuries | - |
| 9 Oct 2009 | Piper PA-18-150 | Bingham, Nebraska, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 31 Dec 2009 | Piper PA-18 | Willow, Alaska, United States | Curtis Glen Green JR, Trustee | Serious injuries | - |
All 2,950 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Jun 2009 | Cessna 182M | Atlanta, Idaho, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
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| 21 Aug 2009 | Paul B Johnson AVID MARK IV | Nampa, Idaho, United States | Paul B. Johnson | No injuries | - |
| 8 Oct 2009 | Cessna 180 | Pistol Creek, Idaho, United States | Maslen Holbrook | No injuries | - |
| 24 Dec 2009 | Cessna 172M | Albion, Idaho, United States | Thaddeus Fickel | No injuries | - |
| 20 Jul 2009 | Wsk-Pzl Meilec PZL M18B | Rockland, Idaho, United States | Agrijet Inc | Minor injuries | - |