# Accident 19780416010919A: Piper PA18S125, Bad Axe, MI, April 16, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 1978
- Place: Bad Axe, MI
- Airport: Huron County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 43.7802° N, 82.9854° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HURON COUNTY MEML (BAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7802&lon=-82.9854&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82053, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82053) (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 PA18S125
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 283 total, 20 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEC27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEC27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780416010919A

## Narrative

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

CESSNA 206,N3417L,SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 CHI78FEC27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEC27), Apr 16, 1978: Piper PA-18 (N82053), Bad Axe, MI, 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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