# Incident 19790606100439I: Piper PA18150, Pierre, SD, June 6, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 1979, 19:30 local time
- Place: Pierre, SD
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3752° N, 100.3200° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pierre, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3752&lon=-100.3200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1851A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1851A-1991-03-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-125 (registry code 7101812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-125) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 150 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790606100439I

## Narrative

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

BOLT HOLDING THE VEE CUBANE ASSEMBLY FAILED. AIRCRAFT USED IN ROUGH FIELD OPERATIONS.

## Other reports on N1851A (2)

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

- [Incident 19900428019269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900428019269I), Apr 28, 1990: Piper PA18125 (N1851A), El Monte, CA, Minor damage. Lost directional control on landing. Wind gust caused pilot to ground loop. Veered off runway. Hit a fence.
- [Accident 19820926051209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820926051209A), Sep 26, 1982: Piper PA18125 (N1851A), Casa Grande, AZ, Destroyed. Student pilot with a passenger struck wires on a night pleasure flight. No previous night experience.

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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