# Accident 19730804024359A: Piper PA18105SPEC, Fibre, MI, August 4, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1973
- Place: Fibre, MI
- Airport: Dowd Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 46.2020° N, 84.7423° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Dowd Field, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2020&lon=-84.7423&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7534K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7534K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-105 SPECIAL (registry code 7101808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-105-special) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18105SPEC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 253 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74DEM08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74DEM08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730804024359A

## Narrative

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

SOFT SPOT IN CENTER OF RWY KNOWN TO PLT. LND ON L EDGE,WG HIT TREE.

## 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 CHI74DEM08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74DEM08), Aug 4, 1973: Piper PA-18 (N7534K), Fibre, MI, 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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