# Accident 20010823025919A: Piper PA18150, Vanhorn, TX, August 23, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2001, 17:30 local time
- Place: Vanhorn, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6881° N, 104.9275° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6881&lon=-104.9275&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91187, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91187) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01TA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01TA194) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010823025919A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 23, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 1730 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-18 AIRPLANE, N91178, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE US BORDER PATROL OF MARFA, TEXAS, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN IN THE VICINITY OF VAN HORN, TEXAS IN CULBERSO COUNTY. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A COMPANY FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PUBLIC USE FLIGHT. THE AERIAL OBSERVATION FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MARFA, TEXAS AT 1645. THE PILOT REPORTED HE WAS FLYING AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 500 AGL, AND WHILE IN A NORMAL TURN THE "BOTTOM FELL OUT FROM UNDER ME." THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AND THE PILOT EVACUATED WITH MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 FTW01TA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01TA194), Aug 23, 2001: Piper PA-18-150 (N91187), Van Horn, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall. A factor contributing to the accident was the high density altitude.

## Other reports on N91187 (1)

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

- [Incident 20071215830829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071215830829I), Dec 15, 2007: Piper PA18150 (N91187), Tucson, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) On 12/15/2007, at approximately 1005MST, PA-18 N91187 landed on runway 21 at ktus airport and as the airspeed decreased the pilot lost directional…

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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