# Accident 20020602013049A: Piper PA18135, Payette, ID, June 2, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2002, 09:50 local time
- Place: Payette, ID
- Airport: Payette Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0969° N, 116.9017° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0969&lon=-116.9017&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9967Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9967Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-135 (registry code 7101820, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18135
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA02LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020602013049A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON LANDING (CALM WIND) A GUST OF WIND CAME UP FROM THE RIGHT CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO WEATHER COCK TO THE RIGHT OF CENTER LINE INTO THE WIND. THE PILOT CORRECTED WITH RUDDER AND BRAKE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO ARC INTO A GROUND LOOP TO THE LEFT. THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE GROUND AFTER THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING REAR SPAR.

## 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 SEA02LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA094), Jun 2, 2002: Piper PA-18-135 (N9967Q), Payette, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to adequately compensate for the wind conditions during landing resulting in a ground loop/swerve. Wind gusts were a contributing factor.

## Other reports on N9967Q (3)

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

- [Incident 20000312001369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000312001369I), Mar 12, 2000: Piper PA18135 (N9967Q), Boise, ID, Minor damage. (-23) Instructor and student practicing touch and goes for tail wheel converson. Student inadvertently had left brake depressed on landing. Skid marks on…
- [Accident 19961012032249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961012032249A), Oct 12, 1996: Piper PA18135 (N9967Q), Boulder, CO, Substantial damage. Aircraft ground looped on landing.
- [Accident 19890725028719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890725028719A), Jul 25, 1989: Piper PA18135 (N9967Q), Boulder, CO, Substantial damage. Lost control and ground looped the tail wheel aircraft during landing roll.

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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