# Accident 19930529015739A: Piper PA18150, Pensacola, FL, May 29, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1993, 10:00 local time
- Place: Pensacola, FL
- Airport: Pensacola Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: KRTA
- Location: 30.4879° N, 87.1872° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4879&lon=-87.1872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4156V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4156V) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 20 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA93LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA135) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930529015739A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING ROLL. CFI TOOK OVER BUT GROUND LOOPED. BLAMED WINDSHIFT. WIND LIGHT VARIABLE.

## 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 MIA93LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93LA135), May 29, 1993: Piper PA-18-150 (N4156V), Pensacola, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S INADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS AND DELAYED REMEDICAL ACTION.

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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