# Accident 19730121001579A: Piper PA28180, No.Myrtle Bch, SC, January 21, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1973
- Place: No.Myrtle Bch, SC
- Airport: Crescent Beach
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 33.8220° N, 78.7030° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Myrtle Beach, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8220&lon=-78.7030&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5118G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5118G-2003-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 266 total, 119 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73FLG32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FLG32) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730121001579A

## Narrative

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

DIDNT REFUEL AT ENROUTE STOP. HIT ROAD BANK.

## 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 MIA73FLG32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FLG32), Jan 21, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N5118G), No.Myrtle Bch, SC, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5118G (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20021231035759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021231035759A), Dec 31, 2002: Piper PA28140 (N5118G), Mableton, GA, Destroyed. (-23) On December 31, 2002, Mr. John andrew theune (cert no 131409850) was the pilot in command (PIC) of a Piper PA-28-180 (N5118G) airplane on an IFR flight…

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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