# Accident 19840916048379A: Piper PA18, Meadow Lake, NM, September 16, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1984, 09:09 local time
- Place: Meadow Lake, NM
- Airport: Valencia Communit
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0591° N, 106.5393° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0591&lon=-106.5393&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5895D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5895D) (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 C9012F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 69 total, 63 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN84FA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84FA278) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840916048379A

## Narrative

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

PILOT COULD NOT HANDLE CROSSWIND LANDING, ATTEMPTED GO AROUND, CLIMBED, STALLED AND SPUN IN. DENSITY ALTITUDE 8158.

## 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 DEN84FA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84FA278), Sep 16, 1984: Piper PA-18 (N5895D), Meadow Lake, NM, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N5895D (2)

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

- [Accident 19900601018029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900601018029A), Jun 1, 1990: Piper PA18150 (N5895D), Palouse, WA, Substantial damage. Was ferrying newly restored aircraft for annual. Hit unseen wires on approach to private strip. Nosed over.
- [Incident 19830618030559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830618030559I), Jun 18, 1983: Piper PA18 (N5895D), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. Swerved off runway while practicing touch and go landings. Hit a parked aircraft.

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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