# Accident 19730318005679A: Piper PA18A135, Bosler, WY, March 18, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1973
- Place: Bosler, WY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 41.5761° N, 105.6953° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bosler, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5761&lon=-105.6953&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1385C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1385C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A-135 (registry code 7101822, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A135
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 555 total, 421 in this make and model, 212 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN73FTC21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73FTC21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730318005679A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO SNOW SHWRS,HIT WIRES TRYING TO LND ON HIWAY. PLT WASNT WEA BRIEFED FOR RET FLT LEG.

## 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 DEN73FTC21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73FTC21), Mar 18, 1973: Piper PA-18A (N1385C), Bosler, WY, destroyed

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.

---
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.