# Accident 19940430009969A: Piper PA18150, Bainbridge, GA, April 30, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1994, 14:15 local time
- Place: Bainbridge, GA
- Airport: Decatur County Industrial Airp
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.9934° N, 84.6148° 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=30.9934&lon=-84.6148&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6879B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL94LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL94LA090) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940430009969A

## Narrative

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

SHORT FINAL TANDEM CUB REAR SEAT FELL FORWARD JAMMED YOKE. UNABLE TO FREE CONTROL LANDED LONG. OVERRAN INTO TREE.

## 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 ATL94LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL94LA090), Apr 30, 1994: Piper PA-18-150 (N6879B), Bainbridge, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE UNSECURED REAR SEAT BACK WHICH FELL FORWARD AND JAMMED THE FLIGHT CONTROLS.

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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