# Incident 20071215830829I: Piper PA18150, Tucson, AZ, December 15, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 2007, 10:05 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Tucson International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1171° N, 110.9415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TUCSON INTL (TUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1171&lon=-110.9415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91187, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91187) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 520 total, 42 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071215830829I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 12/15/2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 1005MST, PA-18 N91187 LANDED ON RUNWAY 21 AT KTUS AIRPORT AND AS THE AIRSPEED DECREASED THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO A CROSSWIND. ATIS REPORTED THE WIND AS CALM AND ATC ASSIGNED THE AIRCRAFT RUNWAY 21. THE ACTIVE RUNWAY WAS 11L/R. ATC ADVISED THE PIC TO "FLY DIRECT TO THE NUMBERS." PRIOR TO LANDING, THE TOWER ANNOUNCED THE WINDS VARIABLE AT FOUR KNOTS. WHILE TURNING SHORT FINAL, THE PIC NOTICED A CROSSWIND FROM THE SOUTHEAST. THE PIC SAID HE MADE A SMOOTH WHEEL LANDING WITH THE APPROPRIATE CROSSWIND CORRECTION; HOWEVER, DURING THE ROLL OUT HE LOWERED THE TAIL AND THE WIND FROM THE SOUTHEAST CAUGHT THE TAIL AND BEGAN LOOPING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT. THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE GROUND LOOP, BUT WAS UNABLE. THE PIC SAID THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY DID A 360 DEGREE LEFT TURN AND STRUCK A TAXIWAY SIGN AT THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAY 21 AND TAXIWAY A. MINOR DAMAGE WAS CAUSED TO THE PROPELLER, WHEEL STRUTS AND TAXIWAY SIGN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N91187 (1)

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

- [Accident 20010823025919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010823025919A), Aug 23, 2001: Piper PA18150 (N91187), Vanhorn, TX, No damage. (-23) On August 23, 2001, at approximately 1730 central daylight time, a Piper PA-18 airplane, N91178, registered to and operated by the us border patrol of…

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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