# Accident 19740108000389A: Piper PA18150, Midland, SD, January 8, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1974
- Place: Midland, SD
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 44.0711° N, 101.1554° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Midland, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0711&lon=-101.1554&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4485Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4485Z-1995-08-11) (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: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,371 total, 165 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74FTK06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74FTK06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740108000389A

## Narrative

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

LOW ALT FLT OVR ROLLING HILLS & DRAWS.UN CLEAR TERRAIN,HAD TO LAND.

## 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 MKC74FTK06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74FTK06), Jan 8, 1974: Piper PA-18 (N4485Z), Midland, SD, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4485Z (1)

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

- [Incident 19841231072659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841231072659I), Dec 31, 1984: Piper PA18150 (N4485Z), Quinn, SD, Minor damage. Engine quit at low altitude while circling area. Pilot switched to other tank. Insufficient altitude to restart.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.