# Accident 19750812030819A: Piper PA18, Kinston, NC, August 12, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1975
- Place: Kinston, NC
- Airport: Stallings Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 35.2751° N, 77.5934° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kinston, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2751&lon=-77.5934&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3696A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3696A-2013-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,240 total, 2,100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76FLJ06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FLJ06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750812030819A

## Narrative

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

NEITHER SPECIAL CLOTHING,GLOVES,GOGGLES NOR CRASH HELMET USED.

## 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 IAD76FLJ06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FLJ06), Aug 12, 1975: Piper PA-18A (N3696A), Kinston, NC, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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