# Incident 19880919055659I: Piper PA18A150, Myrtle Beach, SC, September 19, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 1988, 14:33 local time
- Place: Myrtle Beach, SC
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7104° N, 78.8860° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Myrtle Beach, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7104&lon=-78.8860&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7540, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7540-1996-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A150
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 350 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880919055659I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO REMEDY ROUGHNESS WITH CABIN HEAT OR ALTITUDE CHANGE. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON BEACH. SUSPECT FUEL PROBLEM

## Other reports on N7540 (2)

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

- [Accident 19930805028099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930805028099A), Aug 5, 1993: Piper PA18150 (N7540), Cape Canaveral, FL, Substantial damage. Engine quit while towing banner 500 feet awl. Dropped banner. Ditched and overturned. No engine anomalies found.
- [Incident 19840625037589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840625037589I), Jun 25, 1984: Piper PA18A150 (N7540), North Myrtle Be, SC, Minor damage. Lost control and ran off the runway landing after a banner tow. Authorization for banner towing had expired.

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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