# Accident 19780823024739A: Piper PA18135, Milbank, SD, August 23, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1978
- Place: Milbank, SD
- Airport: Milbank
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 45.2305° N, 96.5661° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MILBANK MUNI (1D1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2305&lon=-96.5661&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3353A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3353A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-135 (registry code 7101820, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18135
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,750 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78DTK34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78DTK34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780823024739A

## 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 MKC78DTK34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78DTK34), Aug 23, 1978: Piper PA-18 (N3353A), Milbank, SD, 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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