# Accident 20180809014179A: Piper/Cub Crafters PA-18-150, Raton, NM, August 9, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2018, 11:25 local time
- Place: Raton, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7425° N, 104.5017° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7425&lon=-104.5017&mi=10
- Aircraft: N104CC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N104CC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper/Cub Crafters PA-18-150 (registry code 7101843, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-cub-crafters-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER/CUB CRAFTERS PA-18-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,691 total, 37 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA480](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA480) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180809014179A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 09, 2018, AT 1125 MDT, A PIPER CUB CRAFTERS PA-18-150, N104CC, REGISTERED TO DOSS AVIATION, INC., OF COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, GROUND LOOPED ON LANDING AT RATON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, ON RUNWAY 25 AT RATON, NEW MEXICO (KRTN), 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 COMMERCIAL PILOT EXPERIENCED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT RATON, NEW MEXICO, ON AUGUST 09, 2018, AT 1035 MDT.

## 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 GAA18CA480](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA480), Aug 9, 2018: Piper PA18 (N104CC), Raton, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of directional control during the landing roll.

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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