# Accident 19771221040929A: Piper PA18150, Sterling City, TX, December 21, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1977
- Place: Sterling City, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 31.8392° N, 100.9859° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sterling City, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8392&lon=-100.9859&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2260A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 558 total, 421 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FQG10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FQG10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771221040929A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 FTW78FQG10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FQG10), Dec 21, 1977: Piper PA-18A (N2260A), Sterling City, TX, destroyed

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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