# Incident 19891224065392I: Piper PA18150, Miami, FL, December 24, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 1989, 14:40 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74843, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N74843) (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 O320A2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 39,076 total, 202 in this make and model, 193 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891224065392I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE PROBLEM. ABORTED. TOLD GLIDER TO ABORT LEFT. GLIDER OVERRAN TWO PLANE HITTING IT WITH ITS WING.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N24DG, Grob G103TWNASTIR: [Incident 19891224065391I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891224065391I)

## Other reports on N74843 (1)

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

- [Accident 20140406003519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140406003519A), Apr 6, 2014: Piper PA-18-150 (N74843), Bethel, ME, Substantial damage. Pilot in command departed the hampton airfield (7B3) in north hampton, NH, with a destination of the Bethel Regional Airport (0B1) in Bethel, Maine on…

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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