# Accident 19750513010289A: Piper PA18A150, New Braunfels, TX, May 13, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 1975
- Place: New Braunfels, TX
- Airport: New Braunfels
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 29.7045° N, 98.0422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at New Braunfels National Airport (BAZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7045&lon=-98.0422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2887Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2887Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-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 PA18A150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 835 total, 405 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW75ARG80](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75ARG80) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750513010289A

## Narrative

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

INADVERTENTLY REDUCED PWR WHEN SHUTTING OFF SPRAY.

## 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 FTW75ARG80](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75ARG80), May 13, 1975: Piper PA-18A (N2887Z), New Braunfels, TX, destroyed

## Other reports on N2887Z (2)

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

- [Accident 19820208002749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820208002749A), Feb 8, 1982: Piper PA18A150 (N2887Z), Sanderson, TX, Substantial damage. Aircraft took off and climbed 200 to 300 feet. Nosed down and crashed.
- [Accident 19740813024669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740813024669A), Aug 13, 1974: Piper PA18A150 (N2887Z), Floresville, TX, Substantial damage. Spraying vegetables.

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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