# Accident 20020603023509A: Piper PA18A150, Thomaston, GA, June 3, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2002, 17:00 local time
- Place: Thomaston, GA
- Airport: Thomaston-Upson County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9550° N, 84.2642° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9550&lon=-84.2642&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8680D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8680D-2018-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-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 PA18A150
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL02LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA117) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020603023509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) SEE PIC'S STATEMENT ATTACHED. IN MY TELEPHONE INTERVIEW WITH THE PIC, HE STATED HE HAD ONLY FLOWN 2 HOURS IN THE LAST 90 DAYS, WHICH MAY HAVE FACTORED INTO THIS MISHAP. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING SPAR IN THE CENTER MOST PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE.

## 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 ATL02LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA117), Jun 3, 2002: Piper PA-18A-150 (N8680D), Thomaston, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain directional control on landing, resulting in an inadvertent ground loop.

## Other reports on N8680D (2)

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

- [Accident 20050608012669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050608012669A), Jun 8, 2005: Piper PA18A150 (N8680D), Cedar Ridge, GA, Destroyed. (-23) On 06/08/05, a Piper super cub N8680D, piloted by [privacy data omitted] had taken off from Cedar Ridge airport, a private airstrip 4 miles southwest of…
- [Incident 19861129072661I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861129072661I), Nov 29, 1986: Piper PA18A150 (N8680D), Athens, GA, Minor damage. Taxiing aircraft struck aircraft N9391D after lead aircraft stopped unexpectedly. Flight of two aircraft.

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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