# Accident 19760612038589A: Piper PA18, Belvidere, IL, June 12, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 1976
- Place: Belvidere, IL
- Airport: Belvidere
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 42.2654° N, 88.8878° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Belvidere, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2654&lon=-88.8878&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1587A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1587A-1977-02-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76AC068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760612038589A

## Narrative

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

AFTER TKOF ACFT ENTERED DOWNWIND, NOSED OVER CONTINUING A RT TURN INTO THE GROUND.

## 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 CHI76AC068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC068), Jun 12, 1976: Piper PA-18A (N1587A), Belvidere, IL, destroyed, 2 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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