Piper PA-18-150 N8991Y

Summary

On 14 July 2003 at about 17:30 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N8991Y was involved in an accident near Ely, Nevada, United States. 2 people were 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

14 July 2003 at 17:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Ely, Nevada, United States

Coordinates

39.0700, -114.7953

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-150

Registration

N8991Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Public Use

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ely → Ely

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX03TA233

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain proper alignment with the road and the CFI's failure to adequately supervise the second pilot's landing and his delayed remedial action.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

While landing on a gravel road the airplane veered off the road's surface, encountered a ditch, and nosed over. During the airplane checkout flight, the certified flight instructor (CFI) authorized the second pilot, who was handling the flight controls, to land on a gravel road. The wind was calm. As the airplane decelerated during the landing rollout, the second pilot failed to maintain the airplane's alignment with the road thus allowing the right main landing gear wheel to roll over the runway's edge. Thereafter, directional control was lost. During the mishap sequence, the CFI had attempted corrective action by applying rudder pressure after the second pilot had already applied rudder pressure. By the time he responded to correct the airplane's course, it had already drifted toward the edge of the runway. When the CFI attempted to regain control by increasing engine power, he found that the second pilot had already opened the engine's throttle. The airplane veered off the road, into a ditch, and nosed over.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.