# Accident 20031216033039A: Piper PA18, Prescott, AZ, December 16, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 2003, 08:38 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Ernest A Love Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6544° N, 112.4194° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6544&lon=-112.4194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4380T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Reported engine: LYC O290*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 45 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04CA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031216033039A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 21L AT LOVE FIELD (PRC) PRESCOTT, ARIZONA. UPON TOUCHDOWN AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED. DAMAGE TO RIGHT WING, FORWARD SPAR BENT, WING TIP BOW BROKE, AILERON WRINLED, RIGHT ELEVATOR TIP AND RIGHT WHEEL BROKEN. WEATHER AT PRC CLEAR, WIND 230 @ 3 KNOTS AND VISIBILITY 10 MILES. NO CAUSAL FACTORS AT THIS TIME.

## 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 LAX04CA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA072), Dec 16, 2003: Piper PA-18 (N4380T), Prescott, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the tail wheel equipped airplane during landing, which resulted in a ground loop.

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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