# Accident 19730814027679A: Piper PA28R200, Naknek, AK, August 14, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1973
- Place: Naknek, AK
- Airport: Tibbetts Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 58.7283° N, 157.0139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Naknek, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.7283&lon=-157.0139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2992R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2992R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 340 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC74DAG16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74DAG16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730814027679A

## Narrative

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

FIRST STRIP LDNG SINCE MAULED BY BEAR ON 7/20/73

## 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 ANC74DAG16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74DAG16), Aug 14, 1973: Piper PA-28R (N2992R), Naknek, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2992R (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19940514010789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940514010789A), May 14, 1994: Piper PA28R200 (N2992R), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Aircraft had nose gear stuck in up position prop and nose struck runway.
- [Incident 19810527045309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810527045309I), May 27, 1981: Piper PA28R200 (N2992R), Naknek, AK, Minor damage. Gear collapsed upon touchdown.

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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