# Accident 19800605018579A: Piper PA18150, Newport Beach, CA, June 5, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1980, 17:27 local time
- Place: Newport Beach, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6266° N, 117.8655° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newport Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6266&lon=-117.8655&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54986, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54986-1980-07-30) (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: 367 total, 9 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800605018579A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES PILOT EXCEEDED LOAD LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT IN ACROBATIC MODE. AIRPLANE SHED ITS WINGS & CRASHED IN OCEAN.

## 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 LAX80FA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA105), Jun 5, 1980: Piper PA-18 (N54986), Newport Beach, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N54986 (1)

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

- [Incident 19780809049969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780809049969I), Aug 9, 1978: Piper PA18150 (N54986), Santa Ana, CA, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control on rollout, veered off 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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