Piper PA-18S N9075H

Summary

On 1 August 1987 at about 14:30 local time, a Piper PA-18S registered N9075H was involved in an accident near Brewster, Massachusetts, 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.

Date

1 August 1987 at 14:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Brewster, Massachusetts, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-18S

Registration

N9075H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC87LA216

Nobody was injured.

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 INSTRUCTOR (CFI) SAID THAT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE STUDENT WAS GIVEN A SIMULATED POWER FAILURE. AT APRX 75' AGL, THE STUDENT INITIATED A STEEP TURN TO HEAD INTO THE WIND, WHICH TERMINATED IN NEARLY A 90 DEG HEADING CHANGE. THE CFI STATED THE WIND WAS NOT COMING FROM THE DIRECTION THE STUDENT HAD TURNED, & THAT AFTER THE TURN, THE OPTION TO GO AROUNDOR LAND ON THE LONGEST PART OF THE LAKE WAS NO LONGER POSSIBLE. ALSO, THE CFI SAID HE LOWERED THE ACFT'S NOSE & APPLIED FULL POWER TO AVOID A STALL, BUT THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO RECOVER AIRSPEED. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE WATER IN A WINGS LEVEL ATTITUDE & WAS DAMAGED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.