# Accident 19750621017549A: Piper PA18, Fessenden, ND, June 21, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1975
- Place: Fessenden, ND
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 47.6493° N, 99.6270° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fessenden, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6493&lon=-99.6270&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7115K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7115K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 429 total, 400 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC75FTG25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75FTG25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750621017549A

## Narrative

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

DISCREPANCIES FOUND DRG INSP NOT CORRECTED BEFORE FLIGHT.

## 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 MKC75FTG25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75FTG25), Jun 21, 1975: Piper PA-18 (N7115K), Fessenden, ND, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7115K (1)

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

- [Incident 19781204022049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781204022049I), Dec 4, 1978: Piper PA18 (N7115K), Hulett, WY, Minor damage. Pilot landed on icy ranch strip. Lost directional control, hit a snowbank. Went up and over.

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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