# Accident 19760124001649A: Piper PA18150, Lowake, TX, January 24, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1976
- Place: Lowake, TX
- Airport: Lowake Inn
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 31.5663° N, 100.0759° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lowake, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5663&lon=-100.0759&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5980Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5980Z) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 832 total, 13 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76DRG39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76DRG39) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760124001649A

## Narrative

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

PLOWED FLD BESIDE RWY.

## 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 FTW76DRG39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76DRG39), Jan 24, 1976: Piper PA-18 (N5980Z), Lowake, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5980Z (2)

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

- [Incident 19811207087359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811207087359I), Dec 7, 1981: Piper PA18150 (N5980Z), Lubbock, TX, Minor damage. Student second flight in tail wheel airplane. Lost control on landing, ran off runway. CFI failed to correct.
- [Accident 19760903030119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760903030119A), Sep 3, 1976: Piper PA18S125 (N5980Z), Lubbock, TX, Substantial damage

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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