# Incident 19800412038049I: Piper PA18150, Watertown, SD, April 12, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1980, 11:00 local time
- Place: Watertown, SD
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Engine Run-Up
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9092° N, 97.1557° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Watertown, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9092&lon=-97.1557&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2205A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2205A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-135 (registry code 7101820, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-135) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 420 total, 300 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/19800412038049I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT BLEW UP ON NOSE DURING GROUND RUN UP.

## Other reports on N2205A (1)

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

- [Incident 20180513005319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180513005319I), May 13, 2018: Piper PA-18-135 (N2205A), Madison, SD, Minor damage. On may 13, 2018 at 10:35 am central daylight time, N2205A, a Piper PA18-135 aircraft, was involved in an incident during flight instruction. Visual…

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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