# Accident 20170818010399A: Piper PA-18-150, Sweetwater, TX, August 18, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2017, 11:45 local time
- Place: Sweetwater, TX
- Airport: Avenger Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4717° N, 100.4692° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4717&lon=-100.4692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82912, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82912) (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 PA-18-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 9,743 total, 9,500 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17LA324](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA324) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170818010399A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 18, 2017, AT 1145 LOCAL TIME, N82912, A PIPER PA-18-150 SUPER-CUB, REGISTERED TO UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GROUND LOOPED WHILE LANDING.  THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 17 AND GROUND LOOPED TO THE LEFT AT AVENGER FIELD, SWEETWATER, TEXAS (KSWW).  THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE PILOT AND REAR PASSENGER SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SWEETWATER, TEXAS (KSWW) ON AUGUST 18, 2017, 0830 APPROXIMATELY.

## 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 CEN17LA324](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA324), Aug 18, 2017: Piper PA 18-150 (N82912), Sweetwater, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing and the overstress failure of the right main landing gear.

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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