# Accident 19750921031069A: Piper PA18, New Braunfels, TX, September 21, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1975
- Place: New Braunfels, TX
- Airport: New Braunfels Mun
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- 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: N8293C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8293C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,081 total, 510 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76DRG22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76DRG22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750921031069A

## Narrative

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

GUSTING TO 30K.

## 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 FTW76DRG22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76DRG22), Sep 21, 1975: Piper PA-18 (N8293C), New Braunfels, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8293C (1)

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

- [Accident 19820302002189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820302002189A), Mar 2, 1982: Piper PA18 (N8293C), Gulkana, AK, Substantial damage. Made low pass over snow-covered lake to check for possible landing. Wheels touched snow & broke through. Nosed over

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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