# Accident 19760412010679A: Piper PA18150, Leesburg, GA, April 12, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1976
- Place: Leesburg, GA
- Airport: Albany Dougherty
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 31.7321° N, 84.1685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Leesburg, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7321&lon=-84.1685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9669P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9669P-1991-05-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 46 total, 10 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76DKG54](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76DKG54) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760412010679A

## Narrative

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

REAR SEAT BELT FASTENED AROUND REAR CTL STICK SERVING AS GUST LOCK.

## 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 MIA76DKG54](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76DKG54), Apr 12, 1976: Piper PA-18 (N9669P), Leesburg, GA, substantial damage

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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