# Accident 19760323006559A: Piper PA18A, Ft Lauderdale, FL, March 23, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 1976
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 26.1223° N, 80.1434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Lauderdale, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1223&lon=-80.1434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4388A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4388A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A (registry code 7101804, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 800 in this make and model, 207 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76DKT60](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76DKT60) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760323006559A

## Narrative

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

AFTR COMPLETING LNDG ACFT BLEW OVR BFR GND PERSONNEL COULD SECURE ACFT.WIND GUSTING 30K.

## 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 MIA76DKT60](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76DKT60), Mar 23, 1976: Piper PA-18A (N4388A), Ft Lauderdale, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4388A (2)

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

- [Incident 20000316014889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000316014889I), Mar 16, 2000: Piper PA18A (N4388A), New Smyrna Beac, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was on a long final for runway 18 at massey ranch airpark, new Smyrna beach, Florida. Approximately 2 miles north the engine stared running roughly…
- [Incident 19801122083729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801122083729I), Nov 22, 1980: Piper PA18 (N4388A), Chapel Hill, SC, Minor damage. Main gear snagged misplaced banner tow-line and flipped over on its' back.

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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