# Accident 19920719025949A: Piper PA18, Navarre, FL, July 19, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 1992, 12:50 local time
- Place: Navarre, FL
- Airport: Fort Walton Beach Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4104° N, 86.6600° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4104&lon=-86.6600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3292Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3292Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 120 in this make and model, 179 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA92LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA92LA150) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920719025949A

## Narrative

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

BANNER TOW PLANE CRASHED INTO WATER TURNING FINAL TO LAND. BLAMED DOWNDRAFT BUT NO TURBULENCE REPORTED.

## 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 MIA92LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA92LA150), Jul 19, 1992: Piper PA-18 (N3292Z), Ft Walton Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT MISJUDGED HIS ALTITUDE WHILE TURNING ON FINAL APPROACH OVER WATER TO LAND AT AN AIRPORT.

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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