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FAA incident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Moline, IL · September 25, 2003

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Date
September 25, 2003 · 19:07 local
Place
Moline, IL
Airport
Quad-City
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3838Z
Reported as
Piper PA18150
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total10 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days
N3838ZRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150S/N 18-7592 · Built 1960Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Pilot stated he had just landed and was decelerating when he encountered a wind gust. The pilot stated he applied corrective rudder but he believed his airspeed was too low to be effective, he increased rudder pressure to obtain tail wheel steering but by then the aircraft had ground looped. The pilot stated the ground loop was at a very low airspeed, the aircraft remained on the runway, and there was no damage to the aircraft nor injuries to the pilot.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED HE HAD JUST LANDED AND WAS DECELERATING WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED A WIND GUST. THE PILOT STATED HE APPLIED CORRECTIVE RUDDER BUT HE BELIEVED HIS AIRSPEED WAS TOO LOW TO BE EFFECTIVE, HE INCREASED RUDDER PRESSURE TO OBTAIN TAIL WHEEL STEERING BUT BY THEN THE AIRCRAFT HAD GROUND LOOPED. THE PILOT STATED THE GROUND LOOP WAS AT A VERY LOW AIRSPEED, THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED ON THE RUNWAY, AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT NOR INJURIES TO THE PILOT.