# Incident 19800901067979I: Piper PA18150, Bird City, KS, September 1, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1980, 05:00 local time
- Place: Bird City, KS
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7495° N, 101.5328° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bird City, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7495&lon=-101.5328&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2591H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2591H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 60 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/19800901067979I

## Narrative

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

POWER LOSS OCCURRED. MADE EMERGENCY LANDING. WATER IN SEDIMENT BOWL OF FUEL SYSTEM.

## Other reports on N2591H (1)

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

- [Incident 19801029076729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801029076729I), Oct 29, 1980: Piper PA18150 (N2591H), Benkelman, NE, Minor damage. Pilot applied brakes and aircraft nosed over.

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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