# Accident 19890609015859A: Piper PA18150, Midland, TX, June 9, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 1989, 08:55 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Airport: Midland International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9425° N, 102.2019° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9425&lon=-102.2019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3937Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3937Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 507 total, 12 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW89LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA110) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890609015859A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL AND OVERTURNED ATTEMPTING TO TAKEOFF IN SEVERE GUSTY SURFACE WIND.

## 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 FTW89LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA110), Jun 9, 1989: Piper PA-18-150 (N3937Z), Midland, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL. THE HIGH, GUSTY, CROSSWIND CONDITION WAS A RELATED FACTOR.

## Other reports on N3937Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19820721030879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820721030879A), Jul 21, 1982: Piper PA18150 (N3937Z), Gage, OK, Destroyed. Struck wires during a spraying operation. Pilot blamed downdraft dropped his aircraft into the wires.

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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