# Accident 19810606035639A: Piper PA18A150, Sterling, ND, June 6, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 1981, 07:30 local time
- Place: Sterling, ND
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.8139° N, 100.2915° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sterling, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8139&lon=-100.2915&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9252D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9252D-1981-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-A150RESTD (registry code 7101800, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-a150restd) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 556 total, 500 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FTG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTG11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810606035639A

## Narrative

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

PRIVATE PILOT SPRAYING HIS OWN LAND STALLED DURING PROCEDURE TURN. AFTER AIRCRAFT CRASHED, IT BURNED.

## 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 DEN81FTG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTG11), Jun 6, 1981: Piper PA-18A (N9252D), Sterling, ND, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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