# Accident 20250526006309A: Piper PA-18, Vega, TX, May 26, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2025, 15:40 local time
- Place: Vega, TX
- Airport: Oldham County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2358° N, 102.3992° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2358&lon=-102.3992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7175D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7175D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,780 total, 440 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA188) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250526006309A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 26, 2025, AT 1540 CDT, A PIPER PA-18 IMPACTED TERRAIN WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AND INCURRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE OLDHAM COUNTY AIRPORT, VEGA, TX ON MAY 26, 2025, AT 1515 CDT.

## 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 CEN25LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA188), May 26, 2025: Piper PA-18 (N7175D), Vega, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane’s inadvertent encounter with a localized low boundary layer, which caused a wind shift, and a gusting tailwind during final approach, that resulted in the pilot deciding to impact a wind…

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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