# Accident 19730816026119A: Piper PA18, Rocky Point, WY, August 16, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1973
- Place: Rocky Point, WY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 44.9072° N, 105.0955° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rockypoint, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9072&lon=-105.0955&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7101K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7101K-2021-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 537 total, 537 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN74DTC10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74DTC10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730816026119A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 DEN74DTC10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74DTC10), Aug 16, 1973: Piper PA-18 (N7101K), Rocky Point, WY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7101K (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20061130027589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061130027589I), Nov 30, 2006: Piper PA18 (N7101K), Whitewater, MT, Minor damage. (-23) On November 30, 2006, at 11:00 local MST, a Piper PA-18, N7101K, registered to [privacy data omitted] and piloted by [privacy data omitted] hit a snow…

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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