# Accident 19760124001639A: Piper PA18S125, Milbank, SD, January 24, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1976
- Place: Milbank, SD
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 45.2194° N, 96.6337° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Milbank, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2194&lon=-96.6337&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: 600 total, 150 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76FTK19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76FTK19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760124001639A

## Narrative

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

FOX HUNTING.

## 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 MKC76FTK19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76FTK19), Jan 24, 1976: Piper PA-18 (N6980D), Milbank, SD, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6980D (1)

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

- [Accident 19750202001739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750202001739A), Feb 2, 1975: Piper PA18S125 (N6980D), Milbank, SD, Substantial damage. Rocks cvrd by snow.

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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