# Accident 20010704020549A: Piper PA18150, Mount Pleasant, TX, July 4, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2001, 10:30 local time
- Place: Mount Pleasant, TX
- Airport: Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1593° N, 94.9704° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1593&lon=-94.9704&mi=10
- Aircraft: N220H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N220H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA160) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010704020549A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 4, 2001 AT 10:30 AM, A PIPER PA-18-150 AIRPLANE, N220H WAS DAMAGED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED AT THE MOUNT PLEASANT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS. THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, JUST RECENTLY BEING GIVEN A TAIL WHEEL ENDORSEMENT. THE AIRCRAFT OWNER WAS THE FATHER OF THE PRIVATE PILOT. WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR IN THE GROUND LOOP OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 FTW01LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA160), Jul 4, 2001: Piper PA-18-150 (N220H), Mount Pleasant, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadvertent ground loop during the landing roll. A contributing factor was his lack of total experience in tail wheel-equipped 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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