# Accident 19770825031699A: Piper PA18A135, Ocean City, NJ, August 25, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1977
- Place: Ocean City, NJ
- Airport: Ocean City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 39.2693° N, 74.6014° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ocean City, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2693&lon=-74.6014&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1993A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1993A-1977-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A-135 (registry code 7101822, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A135
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 570 total, 6 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC77FHD29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FHD29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770825031699A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK A SMALL MOUND OF DIRT.WIND GUSTING 15K.FIRE DESTROYED THE ACFT APRX 12 HRS LATER.

## 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 NYC77FHD29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FHD29), Aug 25, 1977: Piper PA-18A (N1993A), Ocean City, NJ, 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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