# Accident 20070324003659A: Piper PA18150, Surfside, SC, March 24, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2007, 11:40 local time
- Place: Surfside, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6744° N, 78.9236° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6744&lon=-78.9236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4330Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4330Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 437 total, 56 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL07CA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07CA055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070324003659A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON SURFSIDE BEACH AFTER PILOT EXPERIENCED POWER LOSS. NO FIRE, MINOR INJURY. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 ATL07CA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07CA055), Mar 24, 2007: Piper PA-18-150 (N4330Z), Myrtle Beach, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to undetermined reasons. A factor in the accident was the pilot's failure to follow emergency procedures when he failed to jettison the advertising banner prior to his…

## Other reports on N4330Z (1)

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

- [Accident 20120719015209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120719015209A), Jul 19, 2012: Piper PA-18-150 (N4330Z), Berlin, MD, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On 7/19/2012 at approximately 10:50 am while conducting banner tow operations and flying a PA-18-150, N4330Z. Mr garett robert colona had just dropped an…

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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