# Incident 19880806048119I: Piper PA18AS125, Newell, SD, August 6, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1988, 09:15 local time
- Place: Newell, SD
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7175° N, 103.4183° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newell, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7175&lon=-103.4183&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1799A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1799A-1991-10-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18AS-125 (registry code 7101816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18as-125) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18AS125
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23 total, 23 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880806048119I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING WITH GUSTY WIND. HARD LANDING CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N1799A (1)

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

- [Accident 19910526017079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910526017079A), May 26, 1991: Piper PA18125 (N1799A), Newell, SD, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Stalled and spun in while searching for newborn lambs. No recent logged time or student CFI endorsements.

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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