# Incident 19940115004729I: Piper PA18S, New Orleans, LA, January 15, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 1994, 09:03 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: Lakefront Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0424° N, 90.0282° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKEFRONT (NEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0424&lon=-90.0282&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6766B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6766B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A (registry code 7101804, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 325 total, 300 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940115004729I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK THE PAPI LIGHT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 36R WHILE PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO "WHEEL LANDINGS". THE PRIVATE PILOT HAD COMPLETED SEVERAL PREVIOUS SUCCESSFUL TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON THE SAME RUNWAY. DURING THE LAST TOUCH AND GO LANDING, A RIGHT CROSSWIND TURNED THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE WIND. WIND CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROBLEM. THE PILOT OVERCORRECTED WITH LEFT RUDDER AND ALSO ADDED POWER. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE AIRPORT WAS VFR AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N6766B (1)

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

- [Accident 19770410036299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770410036299A), Apr 10, 1977: Piper PA18A (N6766B), Miami, FL, Destroyed. No ctl malf found. Wnd gusting 30K.

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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