# Accident 19751228041619A: Piper PA18A, Tulelake, CA, December 28, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1975
- Place: Tulelake, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 41.9535° N, 121.4749° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tulelake, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9535&lon=-121.4749&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1452C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1452C-1976-02-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A (registry code 7101804, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 248 total, 93 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76DVG38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVG38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751228041619A

## Narrative

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

PLT THOUGHT PAX,A MILITARY PLT,WAS ON CTLS.

## 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 OAK76DVG38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVG38), Dec 28, 1975: Piper PA-18A (N1452C), Tulelake, CA, destroyed

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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