# Accident 19730817025139A: Piper PA18A, Collingston, LA, August 17, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1973
- Place: Collingston, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Aircraft: N4359A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4359A-2013-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A (registry code 7101804, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 116 total, 28 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74DRJ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DRJ08-201640) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730817025139A

## Narrative

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

PLT PRACTICING SWATH RUNS ON RICE FLD.

## 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 FTW74DRJ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DRJ08-201640), Aug 17, 1973: Taylorcraft BC12-D (N4359A), Collingston, LA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4359A (1)

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

- [Accident 19810927062699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810927062699A), Sep 27, 1981: Piper PA18150 (N4359A), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Made steep climb and steep turn on initial takeoff climb. Stalled, dived into ground.

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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