# Incident 19870703045309I: Piper PA18A150, Ft Myers, FL, July 3, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 1987, 10:46 local time
- Place: Ft Myers, FL
- Airport: Page Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5866° N, 81.8632° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAGE FLD (FMY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5866&lon=-81.8632&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6780B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6780B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A150
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 200 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870703045309I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY SIDE DUE TO PILOTS INATTENTION AND A GUST OF WIND.

## Other reports on N6780B (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20021230037759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021230037759A), Dec 30, 2002: Piper PA18A150 (N6780B), Blairstown, NJ, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot was practicing landings on runway 25 at Blairstown Airport (1N7), NJ. While attempting to exit the runway to the left side on a taxiway, the…

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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