# Accident 19730627019379A: Piper PA18A, Ganado, TX, June 27, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 1973
- Place: Ganado, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 29.0417° N, 96.5110° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ganado, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0417&lon=-96.5110&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1874A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1874A-2016-09-02) (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 PA18A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 360 total, 85 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW73DRA40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DRA40) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730627019379A

## Narrative

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

WIRES CLUNG TO ACFT.LNDD IN FLD,HIT COW.FLEW 8HRS DAY BFR,UP MIDNITE WASHNG ACFT,6HRS DAY OF ACDNT

## 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 FTW73DRA40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DRA40), Jun 27, 1973: Piper PA-18A (N1874A), Ganado, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1874A (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19920629044059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920629044059A), Jun 29, 1992: Piper PA18A (N1874A), Glade Park, CO, Substantial damage. Failed to clear trees on climbout from downwind touch and go. Density altitude 8300 feet,temperature 92 degrees.

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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