# Accident 19740430013619A: Piper PA18150, Ryder, ND, April 30, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1974
- Place: Ryder, ND
- Airport: Ryder
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 47.9220° N, 101.6709° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ryder, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9220&lon=-101.6709&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9888D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9888D-1974-07-05) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 20 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74FTG15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74FTG15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740430013619A

## Narrative

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

CIRCLING TOWN TO SIGNAL THAT HE WAS GOING TO LND.

## 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 MKC74FTG15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74FTG15), Apr 30, 1974: Piper PA-18 (N9888D), Ryder, ND, destroyed, 1 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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