# Accident 19800506013059A: Piper PA18135, Hulett, WY, May 6, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1980, 18:00 local time
- Place: Hulett, WY
- Airport: Hulett
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6629° N, 104.5678° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HULETT MUNI (W43), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6629&lon=-104.5678&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8254C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8254C-2013-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-135 (registry code 7101820, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18135
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 210 total, 196 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80FTC14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTC14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800506013059A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED WITH A STEEL POST ON A PARKED TRUCK WHILE TAXIING TO HANGAR.

## 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 DEN80FTC14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTC14), May 6, 1980: Piper PA-18 (N8254C), Hulett, WY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8254C (1)

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

- [Accident 19830413014149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830413014149A), Apr 13, 1983: Piper PA18135 (N8254C), Hulett, WY, Substantial damage. Right main gear was torn loose when it hit an unseen deer during a landing. Went around and crash landed on runway

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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