Piper PA-18-150 N2584S

Summary

On 9 December 2005 at about 17:35 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N2584S was involved in an accident near Prineville, Oregon, 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

9 December 2005 at 17:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Prineville, Oregon, United States

Nearest airport

Prineville Airport (S39)

Coordinates

44.2869, -120.9039

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-150

Registration

N2584S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Prineville → Burns

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA06CA025

Nobody was injured.

Aircraft control not maintained by the private pilot during the initial takeoff climb, and the improper remedial action by the flight instructor. A factor was the wind gust.

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

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The non-current private pilot, who occupied the front seat, initiated the takeoff with the flight instructor in the rear seat. While in a steep climb at an altitude of about 30 feet agl, a gust of wind lifted the left wing, which caused the airplane to roll over to the right. After the front seat pilot, at the command of the flight instructor, closed the throttle, the airplane impacted the side of the runway in a nose down, wings level attitude, resulting in a propeller strike and the collapse of both main landing gear. There were no anomalies reported with the airplane, which would have precluded normal operations.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.