# Accident 19771215042859A: Piper PA18150, Jeffersonville, GA, December 15, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 1977
- Place: Jeffersonville, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Location: 32.6841° N, 83.3400° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jeffersonville, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6841&lon=-83.3400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4890P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4890P) (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: 5,800 total, 0 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA78FA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771215042859A

## 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 MIA78FA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78FA015), Dec 15, 1977: Piper PA-18 (N4890P), Jeffersonville, GA, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N4890P (2)

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

- [Incident 20230729006619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230729006619I), Jul 29, 2023: Piper PA-18-150 (N4890P), Hampton, NH, Minor damage. Piper PA-18 serial number 187762, [privacy data omitted], suffered an engine failure at approximately 12:20 EST on 29 July 2023. The aircraft crashed into the…
- [Incident 20100915045569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100915045569I), Sep 15, 2010: Piper PA-18-150 (N4890P), Fryeburg, ME, Minor damage. Upon touching down on a farmer's field (using a wheel landing technique), aircraft nosed over due to extremely soft soil.

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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