# NTSB Accident WPR15LA149
> **PIPER PA 18-150** · 2015-04-17 · La Quinta, CA, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR15LA149
- **Event ID:** 20150417X02428
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2015-04-17
- **Location:** La Quinta, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.681945, -116.266944
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** PIPER
- **Model:** PA 18-150
- **Registration:** N162SC
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

Maintenance personnel’s failure to properly repair a propeller deformation, which resulted in a fatigue crack, separation of a propeller blade tip, and forced landing onto uneven terrain.

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