# Accident 19740815024679A: Piper PA18A150, Lugoff, SC, August 15, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1974
- Place: Lugoff, SC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 34.2108° N, 80.7077° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lugoff, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2108&lon=-80.7077&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4872A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4872A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-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 PA18A150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,040 total, 150 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA75D1G11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75D1G11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740815024679A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 MIA75D1G11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75D1G11), Aug 15, 1974: Piper PA-18A (N4872A), Lugoff, SC, destroyed

## Other reports on N4872A (1)

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

- [Accident 20000601010699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000601010699A), Jun 1, 2000: Piper PA18A150 (N4872A), Austin, NV, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft impacted ground during flight for Nevada animal damage control program. (.4) on June 1, 2000, at 0615 hours pacific daylight time, a PA-18-150,…

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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