# Accident 19770815033459A: Piper PA18A150, Vincent, AL, August 15, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1977
- Place: Vincent, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 33.3831° N, 86.4025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vincent, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3831&lon=-86.4025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4731A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4731A-1977-12-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,272 total, 195 in this make and model, 135 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77FKJ69](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FKJ69) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770815033459A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 MIA77FKJ69](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FKJ69), Aug 15, 1977: Piper PA-18 (N4731A), Vincent, AL, destroyed, 1 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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