# Accident 19730914033919A: Piper PA18150, Pilot Point, AK, September 14, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 1973
- Place: Pilot Point, AK
- Airport: Pilot Point
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 57.5804° N, 157.5720° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PILOT POINT (PNP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.5804&lon=-157.5720&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5743Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5743Y-1976-05-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC74DAG52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74DAG52) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730914033919A

## Narrative

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

RAN INTO LAKE BANK.NO WIND BEGIN TKOF RUN,SHIFT TO 8KT TLWND DRG 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 ANC74DAG52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74DAG52), Sep 14, 1973: Piper PA-18 (N5743Y), Pilot Point, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5743Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19750629019249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750629019249A), Jun 29, 1975: Piper PA18150 (N5743Y), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Tkoff into wnd & at about 10 ft gust from lft rolled acft to r. wg dug into water. Gusting to 23K.

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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