Piper PA-18-150 N4423Z

Summary

On 30 August 1989 at about 17:25 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N4423Z was involved in an accident near Grand Chenier, Louisiana, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

30 August 1989 at 17:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Grand Chenier, Louisiana, United States

Coordinates

29.7595, -92.9702

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-150

Registration

N4423Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Public Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Grand Chenier → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW89GA156

2 people had minor injuries.

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

ON AUGUST 30, 1989, AT 1225 CDT, A PIPER PA-18-150, N4423Z,BEING OPERATED BY AND CONDUCTING AN AERIAL SURVEY FORLOUISIANA WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES COMMISSION AS A PUBLICAIRCRAFT, FLIPPED FORWARD TO THE INVERTED POSITION DURING AFORCED LANDING 15 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF GRAND CHENIER,LOUISIANA, FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. VISUALMETEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN HADNOT BEEN FILED. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, BUTNEITHER THE PRIVATE PILOT OR HIS PASSENGER WERE INJURED.THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE NUNEZ, LOUISIANA, AIRSTRIP (L12)ON AUGUST 30, 1989, AT 1210 CDT, FOR THIS LOCAL 14 CFR PART91 FLIGHT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.