# Accident 19760218003149A: Piper PA18A150, Summerdale, PA, February 18, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1976
- Place: Summerdale, PA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Aircraft: N6970D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6970D-1976-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,900 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76AN081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76AN081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760218003149A

## Narrative

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

ACFT COLLIDED WITH RADIO TRANSMISSION TOWER.

## 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 NYC76AN081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76AN081), Feb 18, 1976: Piper PA-18A (N6970D), Summerdale, PA, 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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