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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18A 150 · Grantham, NC · August 17, 1973

Date
August 17, 1973
Place
Grantham, NC
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8188D
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD74FLJ10
Reported as
Piper PA18A150
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,015 total350 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Struck power line stretched across the center of the field parallel to swath run.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK POWER LINE STRETCHED ACROSS THE CENTER OF THE FIELD PARALLEL TO SWATH RUN.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.