# Incident 20020423007509I: Piper PA18A, Krontzsprings, LA, April 23, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2002
- Place: Krontzsprings, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N3279Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3279Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A (registry code 7101804, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020423007509I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SHORT FINAL, A GUST OF WIND PUSHED THE RIGHT WING UP CAUSING THE LEFT WING TO CLIP A TREE.

## Other reports on N3279Z (1)

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

- [Accident 20021002031129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021002031129A), Oct 2, 2002: Piper PA18A (N3279Z), Garden City, KS, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On October 2, 2002, at approximately 0620 to 0630, a Piper PA-18 operated by daniel alfred wiltz (certificate no. 438660535), departed the Garden City,…

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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