# Accident 20121020025789A: Piper PA-18-105 SPECIAL, Lonoake, AR, October 20, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2012, 10:00 local time
- Place: Lonoake, AR
- Airport: Country Air Estates Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8139° N, 92.0000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8139&lon=-92.0000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N337T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N337T) (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 PA-18-105 SPECIAL
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 19,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13CA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121020025789A

## Narrative

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

THIS FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAINTAINING THE PILOTS PROFICIENCY IN TAIL WHEEL AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT WAS IN THE BACK SEAT WITH A PASSENGER/PILOT IN THE FRONT SEAT THE THE PILOT SHOWED THE PASSENGER SOME OF THE PIT FALLS RELATED TO TAXIING IN A TAIL WHEEL AIRCAFT. AFTER TAXIING FOR ABOUT 10-15 MINUTES THEY TOOK OFF AND HEADED ABOUT 10 MILES. THERE THE PIC  DEMONSTRATED THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS. THE PIC ALLOWED THE PASSENGER/PILOT TO FOLLOW THROUGH STEEP TURNS AND STALLS. AFTER THEIR RETURN TO THE LONOKE AR AIRPORT AND AFTER A SHORT BREAK THE AIRMEN THEN TAXIED OUT AGAIN TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL FLYING. ON THE THIRD OR FORTH LANDING (3 POINT) THE PILOT APPROACHED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE RUNWAY HAD A CONSIDERABLE CROWN LEADING INTO A DITCH ABOUT 3 FEET DEEP. AFTER TOUCH DOWN THE PILOT ADVANCED THE THROTTLE EXPECTING THE P-FACTOR AND PROP CORKSCREW EFFECT TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT FROM TURNING FURTHER INTO THE SLOPE OF THE CROWN. THE PILOT APPLIED LEFT RUDDER AND BRAKE BUT TOO LATE AND THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED DOWN THE SLOPE INTO THE DITCH AND OUT THE OTHER SIDE ONTO THE CROSS RUNWAY. THE PILOT TRIED TO STRAIGHTEN IT OUT ON CROSSING RUNWAY, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AT WHICH POINT THE AIRPLANE WENT INTO A WET LAND AREA ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT RUNWAY STRIKING THE TAIL WHEEL FIRST (LATERALLY), THEN THE LEFT WING TIP, AND FINALLY THE NOSE. THE LEFT GEAR BROKE ON IMPACT AND THE FUSELAGE BROKE BEHIND THE BACK SEAT COMING TO A REST AT A 30 DEGREES ANGLE LEFT OF THE AIRCRAFT CENTER LINE

## 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 CEN13CA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA021), Oct 20, 2012: Piper PA-18-105 Special (N337T), Lonoke, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the 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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