# Accident 19790124001459A: Piper PA18150, Casper, WY, January 24, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1979, 11:30 local time
- Place: Casper, WY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8421° N, 106.3213° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Casper, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8421&lon=-106.3213&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54768, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54768-1989-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,850 total, 1,220 in this make and model, 155 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79DTC07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79DTC07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790124001459A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND IN STRONG GUSTY WIND. DOWNDRAFT CAUSED LEFT WING TO IMPACT GROUND.

## 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 DEN79DTC07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79DTC07), Jan 24, 1979: Piper PA-18 (N54768), Casper, WY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N54768 (1)

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

- [Accident 19880503027832A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880503027832A), May 3, 1988: Piper PA18150 (N54768), Larson Bay, AK, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Was struck in midair by N9030R. Impact severed part of wing. Crashed into water. Both aircraft spotting for fish.

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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