# Accident 20050516008359A: Piper PA18150, Nashville, TN, May 16, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2005, 17:45 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: John C. Tune Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1839° N, 86.8889° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1839&lon=-86.8889&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5990Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5990Z-2005-07-20) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 301 total, 45 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05FA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050516008359A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 16, 2005, AT 1745 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-18-150, N5990Z, REGISTERED TO ABACO LLC, OPERATING AS A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, COLLIDED WITH TREES AND THE GROUND WHILE MANEUVERING ON TAKE OFF. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED. THE PRIVATE PILOT, AND ONE PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM JOHN C. TUNE AIRPORT, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, ON MAY 16, 2005, AT 1745. A WITNESS LOCATED ON THE PARKING RAMP AT THE AIRPORT STATED THE AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED DEPARTING FROM RUNWAY 01. "AFTER DEPARTURE THE AIRPLANE WENT INTO A FAIRLY QUICK CLIMBING TURN. THE CLIMB APPEARED TO GET STEEPER AND THE BANK ANGLE GOT STEEP AND THEN IT STARTED GOING DOWN." ANOTHER WITNESS ON THE RAMP STATED HE OBSERVED THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE PITCH UP 80 DEGREES ON INTIAL TAKE OFF CLIMB. THE LEFT WING DROPPED DOWN AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE PITCHED DOWN. THE WITNESS HEARD THE AIRPLANE COLLIDE WITH THE GROUND.

## 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 ATL05FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05FA082), May 16, 2005: Piper PA-18-150 (N5990Z), Nashville, TN, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering resulting in an in flight loss of control, stall, and collision with trees and the ground. A factor was the pilot's impairment due to drugs.

## Other reports on N5990Z (1)

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

- [Incident 20040612008869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040612008869I), Jun 12, 2004: Piper PA18150 (N5990Z), Murfreesboro, TN, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot landed at Murfreesboro airport as a alternate destination due to weather. Upon landing airplane encountered dramatic shift in wind direction…

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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