Plane Crash List

Piper PA-18-150 N82946

30 April 1983 · Roswell, New Mexico, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 30 April 1983 at about 20:25 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N82946, operated by Aeronautics Inc., was involved in an accident near Roswell, New Mexico, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 20:25
Classification
Accident
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States
Nearest airport
Rosewell Industrial Ctr. (ROW)
Coordinates
33.6400, -104.3791
Aircraft
Piper PA-18-150
Registration
N82946
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Aeronautics Inc.
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
FTW83LA216

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

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 CFI STATED, THE ACFT WAS LINED UP ON THE CENTER LINE AT THE END OF RUNWAY 17. THE STUDENT PILOT APPLIED POWER AND THE ACFT VEERED TO THE LEFT, HE OVER-CORRECTED TO THE RIGHT. HE FURTHER STATED, 'I REDUCED THE POWER TO IDLE AS THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND WE SLID TO A STOP.'

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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