# Accident 19761020037539A: Piper PA18150, Etna, CA, October 20, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 1976
- Place: Etna, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 41.4582° N, 122.8958° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Etna, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4582&lon=-122.8958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9659P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9659P-2013-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 395 total, 11 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK77DVG05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77DVG05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761020037539A

## Narrative

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

PILOT INADVERTENTLY CLOSED REAR THROTTLE WITH ELBOW DURING GO-AROUND.

## 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 OAK77DVG05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK77DVG05), Oct 20, 1976: Piper PA-18 (N9659P), Etna, CA, 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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