# Accident 19800405090659A: Piper PA18150, San Carlos, CA, April 5, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 1980, 17:42 local time
- Place: San Carlos, CA
- Airport: San Carlos
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 37.5119° N, 122.2495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN CARLOS (SQL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5119&lon=-122.2495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N999BA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N999BA) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,427 total, 157 in this make and model, 197 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DVM22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVM22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800405090659A

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED ON CROSSWIND LANDING. INSTRUCTOR TRIED TO GO AROUND. MADE EARLY LIFT OFF. WING HIT GROUND. CARTWHEELED.

## 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 LAX80DVM22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVM22), Apr 5, 1980: Piper PA-18 (N999BA), San Carlos, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N999BA (1)

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

- [Accident 19870914053189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870914053189A), Sep 14, 1987: Piper PA18150 (N999BA), Byron, CA, Destroyed. Right float touched top of levee on a water takeoff. Veered to the right. Wing struck a telephone pole. Was downwind

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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