# Accident 19750120000799A: Piper PA18A135, Coulee City, WA, January 20, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1975
- Place: Coulee City, WA
- Airport: Coulee City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 47.6165° N, 119.2428° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COULEE CITY (WA15), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6165&lon=-119.2428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3297B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3297B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A-135 (registry code 7101822, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A135
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 218 total, 218 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA75DYG16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75DYG16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750120000799A

## Narrative

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

1 FT SNOW ON RWY.PLT TRIED GO ARND ABT 10FT AGL.

## 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 SEA75DYG16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75DYG16), Jan 20, 1975: Piper PA-18 (N3297B), Coulee City, WA, substantial damage

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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