# Accident 20181027020999A: Piper PA-18-150, Denver, CO, October 27, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2018, 11:52 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5700° N, 104.8494° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5700&lon=-104.8494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4500W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4500W) (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, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,530 total, 2 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181027020999A

## Narrative

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

ON 10/27/2018 AT 11:52 MDT, N4500W A PIPER SUPER CUB PA-18-150 SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ITS RIGHT WING AFTER GROUND LOOP DURING LANDING ROLLOUT ON RUNWAY 28 AT CENTENNIAL AIRPORT (APA). THE TWO OCCUPANTS ON BOARD WERE NOT INJURED. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS VMC.

## 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 GAA19CA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA045), Oct 27, 2018: Piper PA18 (N4500W), Denver, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing in gusting wind conditions.

## Other reports on N4500W (3)

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

- [Accident 20260915012659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260915012659A), Sep 15, 2026: Piper PA-18-150 (N4500W), Roundup, MT, Substantial damage. On September 15, 2026, a Piper cub, PA-18 was landing at a back country landing area near grass range, Montana. Upon landing rollout, the aircraft rolled over…
- [Accident 20030903025479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030903025479A), Sep 3, 2003: Piper PA18150 (N4500W), Koliganek, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) After departing naknek, Alaska on the morning of September 3, 2003, pilot james coryell landed once at levelock, took off and flew northwest. While…
- [Accident 19970401004939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970401004939A), Apr 1, 1997: Piper PA18150 (N4500W), Noatak, AK, Substantial damage. Nps pilot not flown for 3 months was practicing landings. Porposied. Ground looped. Damaged empannage.

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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