# Incident 19780629034209I: Murrayair MA-1, Summerdale, AL, June 29, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 1978, 18:45 local time
- Place: Summerdale, AL
- Airport: Silverhill Navy O
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 30.4767° N, 87.6876° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Summerdale, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4767&lon=-87.6876&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1018Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1018Y-1981-04-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Murrayair MA-1 (registry code 6070102, https://openairdocs.org/model/murrayair-ma-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,973 total, 1,553 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780629034209I

## Narrative

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

PILOT NOTICED TAIL WHEEL LOW AT TAKEOFF. LANDED TO ADJUST SPRAY PATTERN. LOST CONTROL WHEN TAIL WENT DOWN.

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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