39.4737° N, 118.7779° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Fallon, NV, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 30, 1980 · 14:00 local
Place
Fallon, NV
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2740H
Reported as
Piper PA18
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,200 total50 in this make and model81 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Lost directional control of acft during downwind landing on a road. Veered off road into rocks.
As the FAA filed it
LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF ACFT DURING DOWNWIND LANDING ON A ROAD. VEERED OFF ROAD INTO ROCKS.