# Accident 19730707022589A: Piper PA18, Fairbanks, AK, July 7, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1973
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 64.8378° N, 147.7164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairbanks, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8378&lon=-147.7164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7145K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7145K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC74FAA01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74FAA01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730707022589A

## 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 ANC74FAA01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74FAA01), Jul 7, 1973: Piper PA-18 (N7145K), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7145K (2)

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

- [Accident 19860324007689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860324007689A), Mar 24, 1986: Piper PA18 (N7145K), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. During rollout, after stall landing, the left wheel struck a snowdrift. Aircraft nosed over.
- [Accident 19810926062859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810926062859A), Sep 26, 1981: Piper PA18 (N7145K), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. Struck sandbar on river takeoff, flipped over.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.