# Accident 19840506015729A: Piper PA18150, Shirley, NY, May 6, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1984, 10:44 local time
- Place: Shirley, NY
- Airport: Brookhaven
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8220° N, 72.8669° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROOKHAVEN (HWV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8220&lon=-72.8669&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4410Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 325 total, 14 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC84FA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA158) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840506015729A

## Narrative

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

TOW PLANE PITCHED UP, STALLED, SPUN IN. MISSING NUT AND COTTER PIN FOR BOLT SECURING CABLE TO LOWER ELEVGATOR HORN.

## 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 NYC84FA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA158), May 6, 1984: Piper PA-18-150 (N4410Z), Shirley, NY, 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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