# Incident 19870928079289I: Piper PA18150, Waltman, WY, September 28, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1987, 11:30 local time
- Place: Waltman, WY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0633° N, 107.1959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waltman, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0633&lon=-107.1959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N743L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N743L-2009-04-08) (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 PA18150
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 342 total, 310 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870928079289I

## Narrative

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

ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON A DIRT TRAIL. APPROACH TOO FAST. GEAR HIT A JUNK CAR ON A GO AROUND.

## Other reports on N743L (2)

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

- [Accident 20080127011569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080127011569A), Jan 27, 2008: Piper PA18150 (N743L), Sheffield, TX, Destroyed. (-23) On January 27, 2008, while herding cattle on his ranch, the pilot [privacy data omitted] made too tight a turn very close to the ground. This resulted in…
- [Accident 19881127051959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881127051959A), Nov 27, 1988: Piper PA18150 (N743L), Casper, WY, Substantial damage. Tried to depart a gravel road. Lost control in strong crosswind. Ran off into a ditch and ground looped.

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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