# Accident 20020105000069A: Piper PA18150, Reno, NV, January 5, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2002, 18:40 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Reno/Tahoe International Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6672° N, 119.8711° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6672&lon=-119.8711&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83517, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83517) (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 LAX02LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020105000069A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS IN TRAFFIC PATTERN AT RENO/TAHOE INT'L AIRPORT TO PRACTICE LANDING ON RUNWAY 16L. ON HIS SECOND LANDING HE STATED THAT HE THOUGHT HE HAD A SLIGHT QUARTERING TAIL WIND (WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE). AT TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BY YAWING TO THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL TOUCHED IN A SIDEWARD MOTION SCRAPING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TIRE AND SLIGHTLY ON THE RIM. THE LEFT WING TIP DIPPED TO IMPACT THE GROUND AND THE LEFT TIP OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER TOUCHED THE GROUND. THE LEFT WHEEL AXLE BENT APPROXIMATELY 30 DEGREES FROM ALIGNMENT. ALSO, THE LEFT WING AFT SPAR WAS BENT SLIGHTLY. THE LEFT WING TIP WAS SCRAPED AND HAD AN 8 INCH TEAR. (.19) ON JANUARY 5, 2002, ABOUT 1040 HOURS PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A PIPER PA-18-150, N83517, GROUND LOOPED AT RENO-TAHOE AIRPORT, RENO, NEVADA. THE PRIVATE PILOT/OWNER WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED; THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PERSONAL LOCAL FLIGHT DEPARTED RENO ABOUT 1020. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION ACCIDENT COORDINATOR INTERVIEWED      THE PILOT. THE PILOT SAID THAT HE MADE ONE SUCCESSFUL TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING. THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN WAS GOOD, BUT HE HAD A QUARTERING TAILWIND. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND GROUND LOOPED. THE WING CONTACTED THE GROUND RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 LAX02LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA062), Jan 5, 2002: Piper PA-18-150 (N83517), Reno, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot failed to maintain directional control resulting in an inadvertent ground loop. A contributing factor was the tailwind.

## Other reports on N83517 (1)

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

- [Incident 20210605004349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210605004349I), Jun 5, 2021: Piper PA-18-150 (N83517), El Cajon, CA, No damage. After landing on runway 27R the aircraft departed the left side of the runway between taxi lights and returned to the runway between the next set of…

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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