# Accident 19780827025869A: Piper PA18, Polkville, NC, August 27, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1978
- Place: Polkville, NC
- Airport: Cleveland
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 35.3870° N, 81.6257° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Cleveland Airport, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3870&lon=-81.6257&mi=10
- Aircraft: N309T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N309T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 492 total, 3 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78DKM21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78DKM21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780827025869A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 IAD78DKM21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78DKM21), Aug 27, 1978: Piper PA-18 (N309T), Polkville, NC, 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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