# Accident 19731028034959A: Piper PA18S125, Lusk, WY, October 28, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 1973
- Place: Lusk, WY
- Airport: Lusk
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 42.7538° N, 104.4046° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUSK MUNI (LSK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7538&lon=-104.4046&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8579C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8579C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-135 (registry code 7101820, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18S125
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 325 total, 12 in this make and model, 228 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN74AD018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74AD018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731028034959A

## Narrative

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

NO EVIDENCE OF DUAL IN TYPE ACFT. BUZZED RWY & MADE STEEP PULL UP TO STALL.

## 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 DEN74AD018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74AD018), Oct 28, 1973: Piper PA-18 (N8579C), Lusk, WY, destroyed, 2 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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