# Accident 19730801023059A: Piper PA18S125, Sheridan, WY, August 1, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1973
- Place: Sheridan, WY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 44.7962° N, 106.9642° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sheridan, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7962&lon=-106.9642&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3571P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3571P-1973-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18S125
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 1,250 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN74AD005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74AD005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730801023059A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO DRAW,LOST CTL DURING TURN AROUND. DENSITY ALT ABOUT 12000 FT.

## 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 DEN74AD005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74AD005), Aug 1, 1973: Piper PA-18 (N3571P), Sheridan, WY, 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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