# Accident 19740509012829A: Piper PA18150, Echo, OR, May 9, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1974
- Place: Echo, OR
- Airport: Coons Bitterock
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 45.7467° N, 119.1935° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Echo, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7467&lon=-119.1935&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3965Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3965Z) (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: 359 total, 60 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74DYC48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74DYC48) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740509012829A

## Narrative

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

GUSTING TO 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 SEA74DYC48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74DYC48), May 9, 1974: Piper PA-18 (N3965Z), Echo, OR, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3965Z (1)

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

- [Incident 19941012043709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941012043709I), Oct 12, 1994: Piper PA18150 (N3965Z), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. After washing aircraft taxied into a runway marker sign.

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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