# Accident 20060722030689A: Piper L18C, Houston, TX, July 22, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2006, 08:45 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6800° N, 95.7900° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6800&lon=-95.7900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3134F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3134F-2006-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper L-18C (registry code 7101904, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-l-18c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER L18C
- Reported engine: CONT C90*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,486 total, 245 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06CA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA189) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060722030689A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 07/22/2006 @ APPROXIMATELY 0845L A PIPER, PA-19-L18C, CRASHED IN AN OPEN FIELD, SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST OF THE WESTHEIMER AIR PARK (O07) NEAR HOUSTON, TEXAS. THE YELLOW, HIGH WING AIRCRAFT, HAD BEEN FLYING AT A LOW ALTITUDE OVER THE FIELD WHEN IT CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE GROUND FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND POINTED IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION, WITH THE LEFT WING SHEARED FORWARD, RIGHT WING HEAVILY DAMAGED, RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED BELOW THE AIRCRAFT, AND THE AIRCRAFT IN A SLIGHT NOSE DOWN, RIGHT WING DOWN, ATTITUDE. WITNESSES STATED THE AIRCRAFT HAD DONE A TOUCH AND GO AT THE PARK, THEN CIRCLED THE AREA SEVERAL TIMES WHERE THEY HAD LANDED THEIR BALLOON. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING AT A VERY LOW ALTITUDE WHEN IT HIT THE GROUND WING DOWN. GROUND MARKS INDICATE THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A SOUTHERLY HEADING AT INITIAL IMPACT.

## 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 DFW06CA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA189), Jul 22, 2006: Piper PA19/L-18C (N3134F), Katy, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed while maneuvering resulting in an inadvertent stall/spin.

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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