# Accident 20050523010689A: Piper PA18135, Conway, SC, May 23, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2005, 12:45 local time
- Place: Conway, SC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9750° N, 79.0106° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9750&lon=-79.0106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9951Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9951Q-2013-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-135 (registry code 7101820, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18135
- Reported engine: LYC O320B2B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 475 total, 34 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05FA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05FA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050523010689A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND WHILE MANEUVERING AFTER DROPPING A BANNER AERIAL SIGN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, AND COMMERCIAL PILOT RECEIVING INSTRUCTION WERE FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 ATL05FA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05FA086), May 23, 2005: Piper PA-18-135 (N9951Q), Conway, SC, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering after releasing a banner aerial sign, resulting in an inadvertent stall and collision with the ground. A factor in the accident was the…

## Other reports on N9951Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19950523027029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950523027029I), May 23, 1995: Piper PA18135 (N9951Q), Conway, SC, Minor damage. Ground looped landing at uncontrolled dirt runway.

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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