Piper PA-18A N8073D
12 June 1973 · Beardsley, Minnesota, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 12 June 1973 at about 07:30 local time, a Piper PA-18A registered N8073D, operated by Tri-County AVN, was involved in an accident during in flight near Beardsley, Minnesota, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 07:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Beardsley, Minnesota, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-18A
- Registration
- N8073D
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Tri-County AVN
- Operating rule
- Aerial Applicator
- Purpose of flight
- Crop Control Related Flight
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-1610
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
ACDT SITE ABT 1/4MI FROM LAST FLD PLT PLANNED TOSPRAY.ACFT OBSVD DSCND THEN IN STEEP R TURN.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-18A accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Jun 1973 | Piper PA-18A | Welch, Oklahoma, United States | Cole Spraying | Fatal | 1 |
| 27 Dec 1973 | Piper PA-18A | Ft Lauderdale, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 13 Mar 1973 | Piper PA-18A | Claremont, Illinois, United States | Ed-Air Inc | Minor injuries | - |
| 17 Aug 1973 | Piper PA-18A | Grantham, North Carolina, United States | Skyways Aviati | Fatal | 1 |
| 20 Jul 1973 | Piper PA-18A | Plainview, Texas, United States | Hall Aerial SP | Serious injuries | - |
| 15 Jan 1973 | Piper PA-18A | Glennallen, Alaska, United States | Wrangell Mt.ai | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jan 1973 | Cessna 150J | No.olmstead, Ohio, United States | Ortner Air SER | No injuries | - |
| 26 Mar 1973 | Cessna 180 | Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1973 | Cessna 210H | Flagler Beach, Florida, United States | Asphalt Produc | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Apr 1973 | Cessna 172 | Bristol, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 May 1973 | Cessna 150F | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Mar 1973 | Lake LA-4 | Key West, Florida, United States | US Dept of INT | No injuries | - |