# Accident 20000513040109A: Piper PA18150, Forest Hill, MD, May 13, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2000, 14:30 local time
- Place: Forest Hill, MD
- Airport: Forest Hill Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2692° N, 76.8294° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2692&lon=-76.8294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9432P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 183 total, 5 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA133) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000513040109A

## Narrative

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

(.4)ON MAY 13, 2000, ABOUT 1430 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA18-150, N9432P, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHILE LANDING AT THE FOREST HILL AIRPORT, FOREST HILL, MARYLAND. THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED AT DONEGAL SPRINGS, PENNSYLVANIA. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. ACCORDING TO A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) INSPECTOR, THE AIRPLANE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 31, A 2,650 FOOT LONG, 50 FOOT WIDE ASPHALT RUNWAY. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, AND IMPACTED A PARKED AIRPLANE. THE PILOT STATED HE ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 31, AFTER HE OBSERVED THE WINDSOCK INDICATED THE WIND DIRECTION WAS FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 KNOTS. THE PILOT DESCRIBED THE APPROACH AND TOUCHDOWN AS "NORMAL;" HOWEVER, HE HAD "NO RECOLLECTION OF EVENTS FOLLOWING TOUCHDOWN." A WITNESS AT THE AIRPORT OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE ON FINAL APPROACH WITH IT'S LEFT WING DOWN, "IN A SLIP." AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRPLANE YAWED BACK AND FORTH ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE THEN ENTERED THE GRASS AREA ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK THE PARKED AIRPLANE. WINDS REPORTED AT AN AIRPORT ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF THE ACCIDENT SITE, AT 1448, WERE FROM 160 DEGREES AT 5 KNOTS. THE PILOT REPORTED 183 HOURS OF TOTAL FLIGHT EXPERIENCE; WITH 5 HOURS IN TAIL-WHEELED AIRPLANES, ALL IN THE PA-18-150. (-23) PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 31. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT AND STRUCK A PARKED BEECH BE-60, N71MJ. PILOT RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES.

## 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 NYC00LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA133), May 13, 2000: Piper PA18-150 (N9432P), Forest Hill, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing. Factors in this accident were the tailwind condition, and the pilot's lack of flight experience in tail-wheeled airplanes.

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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