# Accident 19900829041219A: Airspc 18AAIRSPC, Shreveport, LA, August 29, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 1990, 14:50 local time
- Place: Shreveport, LA
- Airport: Shreveport Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4465° N, 93.8260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHREVEPORT RGNL (SHV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4465&lon=-93.8260&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6132S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6132S-2003-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air & Space America 18A (registry code 0440104, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-space-america-18a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRSPC 18AAIRSPC
- Reported engine: LYC O360D1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,100 total, 14 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW90FA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90FA170) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900829041219A

## Narrative

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

APPEARS INCORRECT CONTROL INPUT ALLOWED GYROPLANE TO TOUCH RUNWAY JUST AFTER LIFTOFF CAUSED RESONANCE VIBRATIONS.

## 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 FTW90FA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90FA170), Aug 29, 1990: Air & Space 18A (N6132S), Shreveport, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT IN COMMAND TO FOLLOW PUBLISHED TAKEOFF PROCEDURES.

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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