# Accident 19750202001739A: Piper PA18S125, Milbank, SD, February 2, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 1975
- Place: Milbank, SD
- Airport: Milbank Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 45.2305° N, 96.5661° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MILBANK MUNI (1D1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2305&lon=-96.5661&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6980D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6980D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18S125
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 973 total, 800 in this make and model, 142 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC75DTK12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75DTK12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750202001739A

## Narrative

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

ROCKS CVRD BY SNOW.

## 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 MKC75DTK12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75DTK12), Feb 2, 1975: Piper PA-18 (N6980D), Milbank, SD, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6980D (1)

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

- [Accident 19760124001639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760124001639A), Jan 24, 1976: Piper PA18S125 (N6980D), Milbank, SD, Substantial damage. Fox hunting.

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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