Piper PA-18-150 N4425Z

Summary

On 17 March 2010 at about 18:30 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N4425Z, operated by Lockwood Aviation L P, was involved in an accident near Okanogan, Washington, 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

17 March 2010 at 18:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Okanogan, Washington, United States

Nearest airport

Private (None)

Coordinates

48.3742, -119.6164

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-150

Registration

N4425Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Lockwood Aviation L P

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Okanogan → Okanogan

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR10CA167

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a fence at the end of the runway.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot said that he was practicing touch-and-go landings. After one of the takeoffs, he pulled the throttle back to practice an aborted takeoff from an altitude of 50 feet above ground level (agl). He lowered the flaps and performed a three-point landing. He added power for takeoff again, but had only climbed 3 feet agl before impacting a 4-foot fence at the end of the 3,675-foot-long gravel runway. The airplane came to rest upright with its left main landing gear bent back under the fuselage. The left wing sustained structural damage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.