# Accident 20180728018249A: Piper PA-12, Edgewood, NM, July 28, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2018, 20:00 local time
- Place: Edgewood, NM
- Airport: Sandia Airpark Estates East Ai
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0947° N, 106.1633° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0947&lon=-106.1633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4159M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4159M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-12
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,750 total, 248 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA530](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA530) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180728018249A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 28, 2018, AT 2000 MDT, A PIPER SUPER CRUISER (PA-12), N4159M, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, GROUND LOOPED ON LANDING AT SANDIA AIRPARK ESTATES EAST AIRPORT, EDGEWOOD, NEW MEXICO, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE PRIVATE PILOT EXPERIENCED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO, ON JULY 28, 2018, AT 1915 MDT.

THE ACCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 4, 2018.

## 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 GAA18CA530](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA530), Jul 29, 2018: Piper PA 12 (N4159M), Edgewood, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

## Other reports on N4159M (1)

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

- [Accident 20031222033569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031222033569A), Dec 22, 2003: Piper PA12 (N4159M), Edgewood, NM, Substantial damage. (-23) Acft accident was reported to have occurred approx. 3.2 NM nw of the sandia airpark (destination). Upon on scene inspection by two FAA inspectors it was…

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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