# Incident 20090402004679I: Piper PA18150, Fort Myers, FL, April 2, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 2009, 10:42 local time
- Place: Fort Myers, FL
- Airport: Page Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5866° N, 81.8632° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAGE FLD (FMY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5866&lon=-81.8632&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18LP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N18LP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-A2B (registry code 42101, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-a2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,993 total, 83 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090402004679I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 02 APRIL, 2009, AT 10/421 EDT, A PIPER PA-18-150, N18LP, SERIAL NUMBER 18-5501, OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS GIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, GROUND LOOPED ON LANDING AT FORT MYERS PAGE FIELD (FMY).  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE INCLUDING LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE, AND SKIN DAMAGE TO THE OUTER WING.  NEITHER OF THE PILOTS WERE INJURED.  VFR METEORLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE VISIBILITY WAS 11 MILES, AND THE WIND WAS 09 KNOTS AT 180 DEGREES.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 23.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FORT MYERS PAGE FIELD AT OR ABOUT 1005 EDT, AND TERMINATED AT FT. MYERS PAGE FIELD AT OR ABOUT 10:42 EDT.

## Other reports on N18LP (1)

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

- [Accident 20150821014929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150821014929A), Aug 21, 2015: Piper PA-18-150 (N18LP), Labelle, FL, Substantial damage. The following is a pilot statement as received from[privacy data omitted] August 21, 2015 PA-18, supercub, N18LP departed page field, ft. myers, FL at about…

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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