# Accident 19740817026479A: Piper PA18135, Carlton, NY, August 17, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1974
- Place: Carlton, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 43.3278° N, 78.1909° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carlton, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3278&lon=-78.1909&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8179C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8179C-1994-06-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-135 (registry code 7101820, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18135
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,750 total, 475 in this make and model, 306 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75DFJ07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75DFJ07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740817026479A

## Narrative

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

TKOF MADE TOWARD A MARINA,IP BANKED ACFT R WINGTIP STRUCK THE WATER-CARTWHEELED.

## 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 NYC75DFJ07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75DFJ07), Aug 17, 1974: Piper PA-18 (N8179C), Carlton, NY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8179C (1)

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

- [Accident 19881009045779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881009045779A), Oct 9, 1988: Piper PA18135 (N8179C), Akron, NY, Destroyed, 2 fatal. CFI took off on a short field demonstration with full flaps. Stalled into trees, crashed inverted and burned.

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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