# Accident 20070726014029A: Piper PA18105SPEC, Kansas City, MO, July 26, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2007, 12:00 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Charles B. Wheeler Downtown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1233° N, 94.5919° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1233&lon=-94.5919&mi=10
- Aircraft: N197T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N197T-2020-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-105 SPECIAL (registry code 7101808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-105-special) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18105SPEC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,048 total, 75 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07CA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA247) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070726014029A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INSTRUCTING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON LANDING IN THE TAILWHEEL AIRPLANE. THEY AGREED ON DOWNWIND THAT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WOULD DEMONSTRATE A WHEEL LANDING, WHICH HE DID FROM THE FRONT SEAT OF THE AIRPLANE. AFTER A SLOW, TAIL LOW TOUCHDOWN, THE WIND WEATHERVANED THE AIRPLANE ABOUT 30 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COUNTERED BY INCREASING POWER AND APPLYING LEFT RUDDER TO REGAIN RUDDER CONTROL. THE AIRPLANE LEFT THE PAVED SURFACE INTO A GRASSY AREA BETWEEN THE RUNWAYS BEFORE HE GOT IT UNDER CONTROL. BY THIS TIME IT HAD REACHED FLYING SPEED, SO HE LIFTED OFF, STRIKING A TAXIWAY MARKER SIGN WITH THE LANDING GEAR WHICH DAMAGED THE LOWER FUSELAGE AND LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.

## 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 CHI07CA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA247), Jul 26, 2007: Piper PA-18-135 (N197T), Kansas City, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to manitain directional control during landing which resulted in the airplane striking a taxiway sign during the aborted landing. The crosswind and the sign were factors.

## Other reports on N197T (1)

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

- [Accident 19810531038839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810531038839A), May 31, 1981: Piper PA18105SPEC (N197T), Opa Locka, FL, Substantial damage. Ground looped tail wheel type arplane on landing.

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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