# Accident 19871226071809A: Piper PA18105, Riverton, WY, December 26, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1987, 12:00 local time
- Place: Riverton, WY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Simulated Forced Landing/Tkof
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0302° N, 108.4093° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0302&lon=-108.4093&mi=10
- Aircraft: N211T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18105
- Reported engine: LYC O290D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 393 total, 63 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN88LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871226071809A

## Narrative

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

PERFORMING A SIMULATED FORCED LANDING. LET AIRSPEED GET TOO SLOW. STALLED. CRASHED IN AN OPEN FIELD.

## 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 DEN88LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA041), Dec 26, 1987: Piper PA-18-125 (N211T), Riverton, WY, substantial damage

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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