# Accident 19760701025069A: Piper PA18A135, Albany, KY, July 1, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 1976
- Place: Albany, KY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 36.6905° N, 85.1355° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albany, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6905&lon=-85.1355&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3589A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3589A-2012-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A-135RESTRICTED (registry code 7101836, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-135restricted) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A135
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 165 in this make and model, 179 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76FLQ26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FLQ26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760701025069A

## Narrative

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

PLT MAKING L TURN OUT WHEN HE NOTICED HE WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE TREES.

## 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 IAD76FLQ26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76FLQ26), Jul 1, 1976: Piper PA-18A (N3589A), Albany, KY, 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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