19730422009479A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18-135 · Buffalo, WY · April 22, 1973

Date
April 22, 1973
Place
Buffalo, WY
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1449A
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN73DTC23
Reported as
Piper PA18135
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total515 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Ran into rough grnd,became airborne. Acft hit snow bank. Surveying livestock after blizzard.

As the FAA filed it

RAN INTO ROUGH GRND,BECAME AIRBORNE.ACFT HIT SNOW BANK. SURVEYING LIVESTOCK AFTER BLIZZARD.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.