# Incident 20060326004549I: Piper PA18A150, Fort Smith, AR, March 26, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2006, 14:20 local time
- Place: Fort Smith, AR
- Airport: Fort Smith Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3366° N, 94.3661° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT SMITH RGNL (FSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3366&lon=-94.3661&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6777B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6777B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320 series (registry code 42389, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060326004549I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ WAS PART OF THE COMEDY ACT AT THE FT. SMITH AIRSHOW, HE WAS THE ONE TO ACT AS IF THE AIRCRAFT WAS HAVING TAIL WHEEL PROBLEMS AS HE REPOSITIONED THE AIRCRAFT TO SHOW CENTER THE AIRCRAFT TURNED IN A CIRCLE AND THE WIND WHICH WAS GUSTING TO 25 KNOTS LIFTED THE TAIL SECTION RESULTING IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE CAUSING A PROP STRIKE.

## Other reports on N6777B (1)

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

- [Accident 19801215078049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801215078049A), Dec 15, 1980: Piper PA18A150 (N6777B), Roswell, NM, Substantial damage. Rough engine. Misused carb heat, elected to land on road. Hit chuck hole. Nosed over. Lacked knowledge of carb heat

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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