# Accident 19730716021809A: Piper PA18150, Storm Lake, IA, July 16, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1973
- Place: Storm Lake, IA
- Airport: Storm Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 42.5972° N, 95.2407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STORM LAKE MUNI (SLB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5972&lon=-95.2407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4484Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4484Z-1974-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 318 total, 243 in this make and model, 183 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74DCD04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DCD04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730716021809A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK RNWY MARKER.

## 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 MKC74DCD04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DCD04), Jul 16, 1973: Piper PA-18 (N4484Z), Storm Lake, IA, substantial damage

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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