# Accident 19730817034879A: Piper PA18S125, Paxton, FL, August 17, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1973
- Place: Paxton, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 30.9726° N, 86.3118° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Paxton, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9726&lon=-86.3118&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1891A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1891A-1973-12-18) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 117 total, 117 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74FLA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FLA09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730817034879A

## Narrative

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

PVT PLT NO AG CERTIFICATE HIT TREES AT END OF SWATH RUN.

## 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 MIA74FLA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FLA09), Aug 17, 1973: Piper PA-18 (N1891A), Paxton, FL, 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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