# Accident 19731214039809A: Piper PA18150, Puntilla, AK, December 14, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1973
- Place: Puntilla, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Aircraft: N7908P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7908P-1974-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC74AA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74AA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731214039809A

## Narrative

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

IMPACTED NEAR VERT NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE.ELT SAFETY PIN INSTALLED.

## 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 ANC74AA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74AA049), Dec 14, 1973: Piper PA-18 (N7908P), Puntilla, AK, 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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