# Accident 19870630027229A: Piper PA18A150, North Myrtle Be, SC, June 30, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 1987, 10:10 local time
- Place: North Myrtle Be, SC
- Airport: Grand Strand
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8261° N, 78.7264° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8261&lon=-78.7264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74815 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A150
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 528 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL87FA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87FA194) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870630027229A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT LOST CONTROL WHILE TRYING TO LOOSEN THE BANNER TOW ROPE. AIRCRAFT ENTERED A SPIN RECOVERED TOO LATE HIT TREES

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL87FA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87FA194), Jun 30, 1987: Piper PA-18A-150 (N74815), No.Myrtle Beach, SC, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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