# Accident 19780225004249A: Piper PA18A150, Ashland, AL, February 25, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 1978
- Place: Ashland, AL
- Airport: Duster Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 33.2699° N, 85.8337° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ashland, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2699&lon=-85.8337&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9776D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9776D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-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 PA18A150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,490 total, 200 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA780KJ23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA780KJ23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780225004249A

## Narrative

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

WINDS GUSTING TO 20KTS.

## 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 MIA780KJ23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA780KJ23), Feb 25, 1978: Piper PA-18A (N9776D), Ashland, AL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9776D (1)

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

- [Accident 19881223056489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881223056489A), Dec 23, 1988: Piper PA18A150 (N9776D), Sandusky, OH, Substantial damage. Wind gust raised a wing on landing, began go around and drifted into trees.

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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