# Accident 19730706019809A: Piper PA18S125, Garland, TX, July 6, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1973
- Place: Garland, TX
- Airport: Air West
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 32.9126° N, 96.6389° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Garland, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9126&lon=-96.6389&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1085A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1085A-1973-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-125 (registry code 7101812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-125) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18S125
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 125 total, 15 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74AF001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730706019809A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 FTW74AF001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF001), Jul 6, 1973: Piper PA-18 (N1085A), Garland, TX, destroyed, 2 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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