Piper PA-18-150 N91042

Summary

On 2 October 2025 at about 22:00 local time, a Piper PA-18-150 registered N91042 was involved in an accident near Chaseley, North Dakota, 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

2 October 2025 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Chaseley, North Dakota, United States

Coordinates

47.4897, -99.8152

Aircraft

Piper PA-18-150

Registration

N91042

Category

Airplane

Year built

1981

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Harvey → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN26LA013

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s excessive braking during the landing roll, which resulted in a nose over.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he landed in a harvested soybean field and tapped the breaks “a little too hard.” The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings, right wing strut, rudder, and fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot further reported that the accident could have been prevented by “rolling out a little longer” and being “gentle” on the brakes during the landing roll.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.