Piper PA18 N1984A
15 December 2019 · New Market, Virginia, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 15 December 2019 at about 18:00 local time, a Piper PA18 registered N1984A was involved in an accident near New Market, Virginia, 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 18:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- New Market, Virginia, United States
- Nearest airport
- New Market Airport (8W2)
- Coordinates
- 38.6561, -78.7086
- Aircraft
- Piper PA18
- Registration
- N1984A
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1952
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Positioning
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Newmarket → Newmarket
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA20LA055
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's improper touchdown, which resulted in a hard landing and an overload failure of the right main landing gear leg and its associated shock/dampener.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
According to the pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane, the airplane immediately rolled right and pitched forward at touchdown. The pilot's corrective control inputs had "no effect"; the airplane continued 100 ft past its touchdown point and came to rest facing about 40° off centerline with the tailwheel on the runway centerline. The right main landing gear leg and shock/dampener fractured, and the right wing was substantially damaged. Metallurgical examination of the right main landing gear leg and gear shock/dampener revealed no pre-impact anomalies, and the fracture surfaces of each displayed features consistent with overload failure. Thus, it is likely that the failure of the landing gear was a result of a hard landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA18 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Mar 2019 | Piper PA18 | Wyndmere, North Dakota, United States | Larsons Flying Service | No injuries | - |
| 9 Mar 2019 | Piper PA18 | Pullman, Washington, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 2019 | Piper PA18 | Rushville, Nebraska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Sep 2019 | Piper PA18 | Skwentna, Alaska, United States | Northland Hangars Llc | No injuries | - |
| 13 Oct 2019 | Piper PA18 | Moose Pass, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Sep 2019 | Piper PA18 | Boulder, Colorado, United States | Soaring Society Of Boulder Inc | No injuries | - |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Aug 2019 | Cessna R172 | North Garden, Virginia, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 22 May 2019 | Piper J3C | Louisa, Virginia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Aug 2019 | Airbus A320 | Charlottesville, Virginia, United States | Jetblue Airways | Serious injuries | - |
| 19 Aug 2019 | Cirrus SR22 | Tappahannock, Virginia, United States | Trident Aircraft | Serious injuries | - |
| 30 Jun 2019 | Skybolt SMITH SPECIAL SKYBOL | Stafford, Virginia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Jul 2019 | Cessna R182 | Petersburg, Virginia, United States | Williamsburg Flight Center | No injuries | - |