# Accident 19801018067399A: Piper PA18, Fornillo, TX, October 18, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 1980, 14:30 local time
- Place: Fornillo, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N9796P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9796P-2011-09-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,045 total, 120 in this make and model, 155 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80DQD04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DQD04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801018067399A

## Narrative

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

DRAGGED WING TIP ON FENCE POST LOOKING AT CATTLE IN FEEDLOT, IMPACT SEVERED AILERON, CRASH LANDED.

## 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 FTW80DQD04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DQD04), Oct 18, 1980: Piper PA-18 (N9796P), Tornillo, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9796P (2)

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

- [Accident 20040905022089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040905022089A), Sep 5, 2004: Piper PA18150 (N9796P), Cantwell, AK, Destroyed. (-23) On September 3, 2004 about 1900 Alaska daylight time, aircraft N9796P, a Piper PA-18-150 was destroyed by fire following a forced landing about 25 miles…
- [Accident 19910826036779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910826036779A), Aug 26, 1991: Piper PA18150 (N9796P), Aspen Creek, AK, Substantial damage. Lost partial power and crashed during takeoff. Cause unknown. No defects found.

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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