Piper PA-18A N9087D

1 September 1973 · Fairfax, South Carolina, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 1 September 1973 at about 18:30 local time, a Piper PA-18A registered N9087D, operated by Southeastern A, was involved in an accident during in flight near Fairfax, South Carolina, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 1 September 1973 at 18:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Fairfax, South Carolina, United States
Nearest airport: Purser
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-18A
Registration: N9087D
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Southeastern A
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Aerial Application
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2899

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	1	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

STRUCK PWR LINES CROSSING FLD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2899, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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