# Accident 20000821006419A: Piper PA18150, Scottsdale, AZ, August 21, 2000 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 21, 2000, 12:00 local time - Place: Scottsdale, AZ - Airport: Scottsdale Municipal Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 33.5296° N, 111.8903° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5296&lon=-111.8903&mi=10 - Aircraft: N91003, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91003-2014-04-11) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150 - Reported engine: LYC O320* - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 1,495 total, 460 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00LA309](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA309) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000821006419A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) AFTER RETURN FLIGHT TO SCOTTSDALE, AZ (SDL) FROM GLENDALE, AZ. (GEU) PILOT REMAINED IN PATTERN TO PRACTICE TAKE OFFS AND LANDING. ON SECOND TOUCH AND GO PPILOT MADE A THREE POINT LANDING. DURING ROLL OUT IN A THREE POINT ATTITUDE THE RIGHT WING LIFTED AND THE PLANE STARTED TO EVER LEFT. IN AN ATTEMPT TO RECOVER DIRECTIONAL CONTROL THE PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER AND ELECTED TO TAKE OFF. AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE AT LOW AIRSPEED WITH FULL FLAPS THEN BEGAN TO SETTLE BACK TO THE GROUND WHILE CONTINUING TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT. PILOT STATED THAT AS THE PLANE WAS SETTLING HE HAD RUN OUT OF RUDDER CONTROL AND WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE FRIFT. UPON HITTING ON THE LEFT MAIN GEAR FIRST, THE LEFT MAIN COOLLAPSED AND THE PLANE GROUND LOOPED. IN THE COURSE OF THE GROUND LOOP THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND AS WELL THE FUSELAGE AREA FORWARD OF THE FIREWALL. (.4) ON AUGUST 21, 2000, AT 1200 HOURS MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A PIPER PA-18-150, N91003, VEERED OFF RUNWAY 21 AND GROUND LOOPED DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT AT THE SCOTTSDALE AIRPORT, SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA. THE AIRPLANE, OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIA L DAMAGE. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT THAT HAD DEPARTED THE GLENDALE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, GLENDALE, ARIZONA, AT 1140. THE FLIGHT WAS SCHEDULED TO TERMINATE AT SCOTTSDALE. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT REPORTED HE MADE A THREE-POINT LANDING WITH FULL FLAPS SELECTED. ON THE LANDING ROLLOUT THE RIGHT WING WAS LIFTED BY THE WIND AND THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR LIFTED OFF THE GROUND. THE CONVENTIONAL GEARED AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT. HE LEVELED THE WINGS, WHICH PUT THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR BACK ON THE RUNWAY. HE ATTEMPTED TO REGAIN RUNWAY HEADING WITH THE RUDDER. HE ". . . FELT A GROUND LOOP COMING ON." HE APPLIED FULL POWER TO FLY OUT OF THE GROUND LOOP. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO AVOID A TAXI LIGHT AND REGAIN RUNWAY HEADING, HE FAILED TO RETRACT THE FLAPS. THE PILOT STATED THAT DUE TO THE LOW AIRSPEED AND THE MANEUVER TO AVOID OBSTRUCTIONS THE AIRPLANE LOST LIFT AND SANK. THE AIRPLANE LANDED HARD AND GROUND LOOPED. THE PILOT NOTED NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS WITH THE RUDDER OR BRAKE SYSTEM. ## 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 LAX00LA309](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA309), Aug 21, 2000: Piper PA-18-150 (N91003), Scottsdale, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control on the landing rollout. Also causal to the accident was his failure to retract flaps during the aborted landing attempt, which lead to a loss of… ## Other reports on N91003 (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 19850418014979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850418014979A), Apr 18, 1985: Piper PA18150 (N91003), Kenai, AK, Substantial damage. Lost directional control after downwind landing and ground looped. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.