# Incident 20030925036009I: Piper PA18150, Moline, IL, September 25, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2003, 19:07 local time
- Place: Moline, IL
- Airport: Quad-City
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4600° N, 90.4929° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at QUAD-CITY (I04), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4600&lon=-90.4929&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3838Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3838Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 10 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030925036009I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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