# Accident 19730607015249A: Piper PA18S125, Wentzville, MO, June 7, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1973
- Place: Wentzville, MO
- Airport: Wentzville
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 38.8164° N, 90.8670° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wentzville, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8164&lon=-90.8670&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13879, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13879-1973-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18S125
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC73AK073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73AK073) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730607015249A

## Narrative

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

UNAUTH FLT.HIT PRKD ACFT DURNG TAXI.LOST CTL IN STEEP LOW ALT PULL UP.BLOOD ALC LVL.0452 GM/100 ML

## 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 MKC73AK073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73AK073), Jun 7, 1973: Piper PA-18 (N13879), Wentzville, MO, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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