# Accident 19750925031149A: Piper PA18A150, Greenville, ME, September 25, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 1975
- Place: Greenville, ME
- Airport: Greenville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 45.4628° N, 69.5516° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREENVILLE MUNI (3B1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4628&lon=-69.5516&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3690A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3690A) (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: 182 total, 23 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76DNC21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76DNC21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750925031149A

## Narrative

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

APLD CARB HEAT ABT 300FT AGL DIDNT HAVE ENOUGH ALT TO GET RID OF ICE CRASH LNDD IN TREES.

## 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 NYC76DNC21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76DNC21), Sep 25, 1975: Piper PA-18 (N3690A), Greenville, ME, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3690A (1)

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

- [Incident 20160719011319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160719011319I), Jul 19, 2016: Piper PA-18A 150 (N3690A), Bismarck, ND, Minor damage. Pilot was doing water landings and parked for about 30 minutes on a sandbar. Aircraft departed water and flew towards airport. Pilot cycled landing gear for…

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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