# Incident 19901121059599I: Piper PA18, Fort Pierce, FL, November 21, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 1990, 14:00 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Airport: Southeastern Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4114° N, 80.5262° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTHEASTERN (FD30), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4114&lon=-80.5262&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7170B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7170B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901121059599I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY ON LANDING DUE TO DEFECTIVE STEERING LOCK MECHANISM.

## Other reports on N7170B (1)

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

- [Incident 19780608045039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780608045039I), Jun 8, 1978: Piper PA18 (N7170B), Lake Park, FL, Minor damage. Went up and over after landing in a pasture. Pilot unaware of standing water under the grass.

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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