# Accident 20070111000269A: Piper PA18135, Maricopa, AZ, January 11, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2007, 11:45 local time
- Place: Maricopa, AZ
- Airport: U Of Maricopa Ag Center Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0581° N, 112.0476° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Maricopa, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0581&lon=-112.0476&mi=10
- Aircraft: N518GM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N518GM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-135 (registry code 7101820, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-B2B (registry code 42138, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-b2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18135
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,107 total, 630 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070111000269A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 11, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 1145 MST, N518GM, A PIPER PA-18-135, WITH THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PERFORMING AS PILOT-IN-COMMAND, GROUND LOOPED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA AG STRIP (3AZ2). THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ STATES THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAS BALLOON TIRES AND BOOSTED BRAKES WHICH MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE GROUND LOOP. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ STATES THAT THERE WERE NO ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ STATES THAT THE APPROACH AND INITIAL TOUCHDOWN WERE NORMAL, BUT THAT AS HE APPLIED BRAKES THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO GO OVER ON ITS NOSE. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ STATES THAT HE BELIEVED THE AIRCRAFT WOULD REMAIN UPRIGHT, HOWEVER, AT THE LAST MOMENT, THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED OVER ON ITS BACK. NEITHER OF THE TWO OCCUPANTS RECEIVED INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROP, VERTICAL FIN, TOP OF THE WINGS, AND RIGHT WING STRUT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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