# Accident 20050322004929A: Piper PA18150, Chandler, AZ, March 22, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2005, 16:45 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Chandler Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2667° N, 111.8000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2667&lon=-111.8000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4101E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4101E-2006-05-24) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 105 total, 17 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05CA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05CA121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050322004929A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATES HE WAS PERFORMING TOUCH & GO LANDING PRACTICE (CONVENTIONAL GEAR AIRPLANE). ON HIS SECOND LANDING HE WAS NOT PROPERLY ALIGNED WITH THE RUNWAY. HE MISMANAGED THE CONTROLS AND LOST CONTROL AFTER CONTACTING THE RUNWAY. A MAIN LANDING GEAR LEG COLLAPSED AND A WING SPAR WAS BENT IN THE SUBSEQUENT GROUND LOOP.

## 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 LAX05CA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05CA121), Mar 22, 2005: Piper PA-18-150 (N4101E), Chandler, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control.

## Other reports on N4101E (6)

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

- [Incident 20000310003559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000310003559I), Mar 10, 2000: Piper PA18150 (N4101E), Chandler, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) While practicing emergency procedures (engine out) the student turned the fuel switch off instead of switching to the other tank. The student was briefed…
- [Accident 19980523015429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980523015429A), May 23, 1998: Piper PA18150 (N4101E), Sedona, AZ, Substantial damage. Ground looped after landing. (From .19) on may 23, 1998, at 1215 hours mountain standard time, a Piper PA-18-150, N4101E, ground looped after landing at the…
- [Accident 19970115000469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970115000469A), Jan 15, 1997: Piper PA18150 (N4101E), Chandler, AZ, Substantial damage. Student pilot lost control looking for flap handle on landing. Ground looped. CFI failed to correct swerve.
- [Accident 19891219051929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891219051929A), Dec 19, 1989: Piper PA18150 (N4101E), Bumble Bee, AZ, Substantial damage. Engine quit en route. Tried to land on a road,overshot,struck bushes and nosed over. Conditions for carburetor ice.
- [Accident 19871027061489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871027061489A), Oct 27, 1987: Piper PA18150 (N4101E), Casa Grande, AZ, Substantial damage. Engine lost power during student training maneuvers. Crash landed on a dirt road. Cause of power loss unknown.
- [Accident 19861117056149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861117056149A), Nov 17, 1986: Piper PA18150 (N4101E), Chandler, AZ, Substantial damage. The aircraft ground looped during rollout from a downwind landing.

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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