# Accident 19740310004289A: Piper PA18150, Brookhaven, NY, March 10, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1974
- Place: Brookhaven, NY
- Airport: Brookhaven
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Location: 40.8220° N, 72.8669° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROOKHAVEN (HWV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8220&lon=-72.8669&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4016Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4016Z) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,541 total, 401 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74FHJ22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FHJ22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740310004289A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT PARKED WITH ENGINE RUNNING GUST OF WIND BLEW AIRCRAFT OVER ON ITS BACK.WIND GUSTING 35K.

## 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 NYC74FHJ22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FHJ22), Mar 10, 1974: Piper PA-18 (N4016Z), Brookhaven, NY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4016Z (1)

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

- [Incident 19940201005779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940201005779I), Feb 1, 1994: Piper PA18150 (N4016Z), East Hampton, NY, Minor damage. Narrative: PIC departed hwu at 1115 local for a local pleasure flight with one passenger on board. After about one hour of flying on the eastern end of long…

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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