- Date
- April 23, 1993, 16:18 local (21:18 UTC)
- Place
- Shreveport, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3917ZPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930423015309A
- Case key
- 18281
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. The gusty crosswind was a factor.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Winds were reported to be from 190 degrees at 10 knots with gusts to 20 knots. Anticipating a gusty crosswind situation, the pilot made a wheel landing on runway 14. As the airplane slowed and the tail settled to the ground, a gust of wind lifted the right wing. Using cross controls, the pilot was unable to lower the wing. The airplane veered off the left side of the runway and struck an anemometer pole.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3917Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-7741
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rogers, Jimmie A.
- Registered owner
- Rogers, Jimmie A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- MBO · Madison, MS
- Destination
- DTN
- Airport
- DTN · Downtown Municipal, runway 14, 4,493 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 261 total · 15 in this make and model · 227 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.