# Accident 19770728035209A: Piper PA18150, Byers, CO, July 28, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1977
- Place: Byers, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 39.7094° N, 104.2128° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Byers, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7094&lon=-104.2128&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14303, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14303) (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: 1,145 total, 115 in this make and model, 74 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN77FTE78](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77FTE78) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770728035209A

## Narrative

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

SPRAYING SUMMER FALLOW.TRYING TO SPOT FLAGGERS.

## 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 DEN77FTE78](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77FTE78), Jul 28, 1977: Piper PA-18A (N14303), Byers, CO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N14303 (1)

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

- [Accident 19740503013099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740503013099A), May 3, 1974: Piper PA18150 (N14303), Park, KS, Destroyed. Due ruf surface lifted off to touch further dwn. Acft floated plt initiated go-around.

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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