Piper PA-18A N1754A

Summary

On 4 July 1985 at about 20:00 local time, a Piper PA-18A registered N1754A was involved in an accident near Tucumcari, New Mexico, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 July 1985 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Tucumcari, New Mexico, United States

Nearest airport

Tucumcari (TCC)

Coordinates

35.1595, -103.7196

Aircraft

Piper PA-18A

Registration

N1754A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN85LQA03

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ON JULY 4, 1985, AT 1400 MDT, A PIPER PA-18, N1754A, REGISTERED TO TED W. STALLINGS, DEPARTED THE DESIGNATED TAXIWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A CULVERT AT TUCUMCARI MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, TUCUMCARI, NEW MEXICO. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING TAXIED FOR THEPURPOSE OF A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THAT TIME, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE CERTIFICATED PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.