NTSB LAX87LA050 — 1986-11-25 · HALF MOON BAY, California, United States

Current FAA registration · N76EV

Make / Model: PIPER PA-18-150
Year of manufacture: 1976 · 10 years old at event
Engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)
Seats / Engines: 2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date: 19760604
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S AA3FA7

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N76EV Piper PA-18-150 None

Factual narrative

THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED MODESTO AIRPORT (MOD), MODESTO, CALIFORNIA, ON A V.F.R. PLEASURE FLIGHT TO HALF MOON BAY AIRPORT (HAF), HALF MOON BAY, CA. THE FLT TO HAF WAS UNEVENTFUL. THE PLT NEGOTIATED A TRAFFIC PATTERN TO RUNWAY 30. DURING THE LANDING ROLL-OUT THE PLT REPORTED THE AIRPLANE'S LEFT WING BEGAN TO RISE AND HE IMMEDIATELY ADDED POWER AND LEFT AILERON, BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE AIRPLANE'S RIGHT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND AND THE AIRPLANE GROUND LOOPED TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT ALSO STATED THAT THE SURFACE WINDS WERE CALM AND THE FLIGHT CONTROLS OPERATED NORMALLY. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_LAX87LA050.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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