# Accident 19730612018779A: Piper PA18S125, Beardsley, MN, June 12, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 1973
- Place: Beardsley, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 45.5578° N, 96.7145° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beardsley, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5578&lon=-96.7145&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8073D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8073D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A (registry code 7101804, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18S125
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 758 total, 200 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC73FER68](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73FER68) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730612018779A

## Narrative

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

ACDT SITE ABT 1/4MI FROM LAST FLD PLT PLANNED TO SPRAY.ACFT OBSVD DSCND THEN IN STEEP R TURN.

## 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 MKC73FER68](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73FER68), Jun 12, 1973: Piper PA-18A (N8073D), Beardsley, MN, 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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