# Accident 19800328007749A: Piper PA18150, Susanville, CA, March 28, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1980, 14:05 local time
- Place: Susanville, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4337° N, 120.6283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Susanville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4337&lon=-120.6283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9772D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9772D-1981-10-15) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 6,500 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800328007749A

## Narrative

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

STEEP CLIMBING TURN, LOW ALTITUDE. NOSED INTO GROUND. POSSIBLE HIGH-SPEED STALL FROM ATTEMPTED ACROBATIC MANUEVER.

## 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 LAX80FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA069), Mar 28, 1980: Piper PA-18 (N9772D), Litchfield, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N9772D (2)

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

- [Accident 19770519013759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770519013759A), May 19, 1977: Piper PA18150 (N9772D), Tahoe City, CA, Substantial damage. Engine test run normal after accident
- [Accident 19760906029189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760906029189A), Sep 6, 1976: Piper PA18150 (N9772D), Shingle Spring, CA, Substantial damage. Engine did not respond for go around. No malfunction found.

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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