# Incident 20000316014889I: Piper PA18A, New Smyrna Beac, FL, March 16, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2000, 15:20 local time
- Place: New Smyrna Beac, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0258° N, 80.9270° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Smyrna Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0258&lon=-80.9270&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4388A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4388A) (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 PA18A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 696 total, 42 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000316014889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS ON A LONG FINAL FOR RUNWAY 18 AT MASSEY RANCH AIRPARK, NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FLORIDA. APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES NORTH THE ENGINE STARED RUNNING ROUGHLY (SPUTTERING). ^PRIVACY DA^ ELECTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT INAN OPEN FIELD APPROXIMATELY 1 1/2 MILES NORTH OF THE AIRPORT.  DISCUSSION WITH THE PILOT, AND A FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION BY AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR (ASI)^PRIVACY DATA^(MAINTENANCE INSPECTOR, ORLANDO FSDO-15) REVEALED THAT THE MOST LIKELY CAUSE OF ENGINE TROUBLE WAS CARBURETOR ICING.

## Other reports on N4388A (2)

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

- [Incident 19801122083729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801122083729I), Nov 22, 1980: Piper PA18 (N4388A), Chapel Hill, SC, Minor damage. Main gear snagged misplaced banner tow-line and flipped over on its' back.
- [Accident 19760323006559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760323006559A), Mar 23, 1976: Piper PA18A (N4388A), Ft Lauderdale, FL, Substantial damage. Aftr completing lndg acft blew ovr bfr gnd personnel could secure acft. Wind 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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