# Accident 19941118038539A: Piper PA18, Bainbridge, GA, November 18, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 1994, 10:56 local time
- Place: Bainbridge, GA
- Airport: Decatur County Industrial Airp
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.0040° N, 84.5809° 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=31.0040&lon=-84.5809&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5418H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5418H-2021-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,507 total, 122 in this make and model, 356 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA95FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95FA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941118038539A

## Narrative

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

OBSERVED LEVEL NOSE HIGH 45 DEGREE BANK. STALL AND SPUN IN. NEAR VERTICAL IMPACT. AG APPLICATION TRAINING.

## 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 MIA95FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95FA021), Nov 18, 1994: Piper PA-18 (N5418H), Bainbridge, GA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: INADVERTENT STALL/SPIN AND ALTITUDE INADEQUATE FOR RECOVERY BY THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (CFI).

## Other reports on N5418H (1)

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

- [Incident 19901213053919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901213053919I), Dec 13, 1990: Piper PA18 (N5418H), Bainbridge, GA, Minor damage. During landing rollout student jammed on brakes. Aircraft flipped over on its back.

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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