# Accident 19801215078049A: Piper PA18A150, Roswell, NM, December 15, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 1980, 15:00 local time
- Place: Roswell, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3734° N, 104.5294° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roswell, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3734&lon=-104.5294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6777B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6777B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320 series (registry code 42389, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 31 total, 31 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FQA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FQA10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801215078049A

## Narrative

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

ROUGH ENGINE. MISUSED CARB HEAT, ELECTED TO LAND ON ROAD. HIT CHUCK HOLE. NOSED OVER. LACKED KNOWLEDGE OF CARB HEAT

## 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 FTW81FQA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FQA10), Dec 15, 1980: Piper PA-18A (N6777B), Roswell, NM, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6777B (1)

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

- [Incident 20060326004549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060326004549I), Mar 26, 2006: Piper PA18A150 (N6777B), Fort Smith, AR, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] was part of the comedy act at the ft. Smith airshow, he was the one to act as if the aircraft was having tail wheel…

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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