# Accident 19850923046999A: Piper PA18, Deming, NM, September 23, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1985, 18:22 local time
- Place: Deming, NM
- Airport: Luna
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2597° N, 107.7501° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2597&lon=-107.7501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7467D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7467D-2013-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN85LA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA248) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850923046999A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON TOO RAPID THROTTLE ADVANCE, RICH MIXTURE, HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE. VEERED OFF RUNWAY SIDE, HIT A TREE.

## 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 DEN85LA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA248), Sep 24, 1985: Piper PA-18 (N7467D), Deming, NM, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7467D (1)

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

- [Accident 19960908026349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960908026349A), Sep 8, 1996: Piper PA18 (N7467D), Palestine, TX, Destroyed. Aircraft struck a fence and crashed in a field while taking off from a pasture.

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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