# Accident 19730324006269A: Piper PA18A, Cut Bank, MT, March 24, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 1973
- Place: Cut Bank, MT
- Airport: Johnson Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 48.6341° N, 112.3301° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cut Bank, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.6341&lon=-112.3301&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3087Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14 total, 14 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA73DTI18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA73DTI18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730324006269A

## Narrative

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

PUSHED CTL STICK TOO FAR FWD. PROP HIT GRND.

## 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 SEA73DTI18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA73DTI18), Mar 24, 1973: Piper PA-18A (N3087Z), Cut Bank, MT, substantial damage

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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