# Accident 19730720023769A: Piper PA18S125, Plainview, TX, July 20, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1973
- Place: Plainview, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 34.1911° N, 101.7235° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plainview, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1911&lon=-101.7235&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7478D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7478D-2017-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18S125
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74FQG01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FQG01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730720023769A

## Narrative

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

PLT ATMPTD TO FLY OVER FENCE AND UNDER LOW HANGING WIRES.

## 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 FTW74FQG01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FQG01), Jul 20, 1973: Piper PA-18A (N7478D), Plainview, TX, destroyed

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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