# Accident 19800822037559A: Piper PA18, Exeter, RI, August 22, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1980, 18:33 local time
- Place: Exeter, RI
- Airport: Quonset Point
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5776° N, 71.5376° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Exeter, RI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5776&lon=-71.5376&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9863D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9863D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Reported engine: CONT C90*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800822037559A

## Narrative

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

VALVE STEM BROKE. ENGINE QUIT, STALLED AIRPLANE ATTEMPTING EMERGENCY LANDING. AIRPLANE WAS OUT OF ANNUAL.

## 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 NYC80FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FA075), Aug 22, 1980: Piper PA-18 (N9863D), Exeter, RI, substantial damage, 1 fatal

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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