# NTSB WPR26LA024: Piper PA-18, N1755A, Paris, ID, October 17, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: October 17, 2025, 14:10 local (20:10 UTC) - Place: Paris, ID - Coordinates: 42.249833, -111.34166 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2498&lon=-111.3417&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report January 9, 2026 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 201897 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR26LA024 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/201897/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=201897 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA024 ## Probable cause The pilot receiving instruction’s failure to maintain directional control during landing and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action, which resulted in a runway excursion. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause) - [Action: incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Student/instructed pilot - [Action: delayed action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041025): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause) ## Analysis The flight instructor of the tailwheel equipped airplane reported that on landing the pilot receiving instruction leveled the airplane and the airplane bounced. The pilot receiving instruction attempted a go-around, however the airplane touched down a second time with the nose of the airplane to the right of the runway centerline. The flight instructor took the flight controls from the pilot receiving instruction, but the airplane departed the right side of the runway and ground looped to the left, which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) - [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event) ## Aircraft - Registration: [N1755A](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1755A), registered now, S/N 18-1314, built 1952 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18 - Registry model: [Piper PA-18](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (registry code 7101802) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-290 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (registry code 41506, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18-1314 - Year built: 1952 - Airframe hours: 3900 - Engines: Lycoming O-235 107 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, October 1, 2025 - Departed: AOC, Arco, ID - Destination: Same as departure - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: 1U7, Bear Lake County, runway 16/34, 4,590 × 60 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Handheld GPS, Satellite tracking device ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 26; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; seat: front; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 135 total, 25 in this make and model, 60 as pilot in command, 25 in the last 90 days, 25 in the last 30 days, 9 in the last 24 hours - Flight instructor; age 51; injuries: none; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, waiver time limited special; last flight review May 15, 2025; seat: rear; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 5,407 total, 350 in this make and model, 5,220 as pilot in command, 110 in the last 90 days, 35 in the last 30 days, 9 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 270° at 9 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 34 °F - Altimeter: 30.04 inHg - Observed at: 1U7 - METAR: METAR K1U7 172115Z AUTO 27009KT 10SM CLR 11/01 A3004 RMK A01 ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20251017015409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251017015409A), Oct 17, 2025: Piper PA-18, Paris, ID, Substantial damage. On October 14, 2025, [privacy data omitted] departed aoc with a destination of puc while making a short landing at 1U7. The purpose of the flight was to… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 9, 2026, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=201897. 3.8 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 2.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19538020&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=WPR26LA024,%206120.1%20redacted-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 1.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19538250&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photographs-Rel.pdf 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.