Piper PA-18 N1755A

Summary

On 17 October 2025 at about 20:10 local time, a Piper PA-18 registered N1755A was involved in an accident near Paris, Idaho, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

17 October 2025 at 20:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Paris, Idaho, United States

Nearest airport

Bear Lake County (1U7)

Coordinates

42.2498, -111.3417

Aircraft

Piper PA-18

Registration

N1755A

Category

Airplane

Year built

1952

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Arco → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR26LA024

Nobody was injured.

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.