# Accident 19750905028099A: Piper PA18, Hayes, SD, September 5, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1975
- Place: Hayes, SD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 44.3703° N, 101.0215° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hayes, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3703&lon=-101.0215&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5487H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5487H-1975-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76AK019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76AK019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750905028099A

## Narrative

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

ACFT IN STEEP TURN TO R AT LOW ALT.

## 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 MKC76AK019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76AK019), Sep 5, 1975: Piper PA-18 (N5487H), Hayes, SD, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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