Piper PA-18-150 N9461P

Summary

On 8 November 2001 at about 20:30 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N9461P was involved in an accident near Herald, California, 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.

Date

8 November 2001 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Herald, California, United States

Nearest airport

Private

Coordinates

38.3310, -121.1404

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-150

Registration

N9461P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lodi → Herald

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX02LA023

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's delay initiating a go-around during a downwind approach to a short runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane impacted trees at the departure end of the runway. The pilot reported he was practicing approaches to landings and then going around without landing. The airstrip on his ranch was 800 feet long and there was a 6-knot quartering tailwind. His third approach was too far down the runway and when he added power to go around, "The power was not there. The aircraft was mushing. I pushed the stick forward in order to get the plane to fly, but to no avail. The aircraft hit the trees at 10 [feet] above ground level." Elsewhere on the report form, in the section entitled "Mechanical Malfunction Failure" he checked the box "no."

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.