# Accident 19730717019429A: Piper PA18S125, Kinston, NC, July 17, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1973
- Place: Kinston, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 35.2751° N, 77.5934° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kinston, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2751&lon=-77.5934&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8154C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8154C-1973-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A-135 (registry code 7101822, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18S125
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 460 total, 100 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74FLJ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FLJ03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730717019429A

## Narrative

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

2ND RUN UNDER WIRES,SHARP PULL-UP HIT 80FT TREES ABT 10FT FROM TOP.NOT WEARING CRASH HELMET.

## 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 IAD74FLJ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74FLJ03), Jul 17, 1973: Piper PA-18A (N8154C), Kinston, NC, 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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