# Accident 19750415015649A: Piper PA18150, Rock Springs, WY, April 15, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1975
- Place: Rock Springs, WY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 41.5947° N, 109.2209° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rock Springs, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5947&lon=-109.2209&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13833, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13833) (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 PA18150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 267 total, 262 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN75AD053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75AD053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750415015649A

## Narrative

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

ADVSD VFR FLT COULDNT BE MADE. RECOVERY DATE 4/20/75.

## 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 DEN75AD053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75AD053), Apr 15, 1975: Piper PA-18 (N13833), Rock Springs, WY, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N13833 (2)

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

- [Accident 20160908021159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160908021159A), Sep 8, 2016: Piper PA-18-150 (N13833), Gulkana, AK, Substantial damage. On 09/08/2016 at approximately 1700 hours PIC was looking for possible areas to land along the copper river. He did a high recon of the gravel bar he was going…
- [Accident 20050820022419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050820022419A), Aug 20, 2005: Piper PA18150 (N13833), Coldfoot, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) N13833 had landed on a remote gravel airstrip 80 NM n of cold foot Alaska and was taxiing to park next to other aircraft (witness statement) and…

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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