# Accident 19780830024769A: Piper PA18S125, Vick, LA, August 30, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1978
- Place: Vick, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 31.2302° N, 92.1057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vick, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2302&lon=-92.1057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4294Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4294Z-2017-06-07) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 425 total, 20 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FRJ33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FRJ33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780830024769A

## 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 FTW78FRJ33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FRJ33), Aug 30, 1978: Piper PA-18A (N4294Z), Vick, LA, destroyed

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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