# Accident 19730930036339A: Piper PA18A150, Gulkana, AK, September 30, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1973
- Place: Gulkana, AK
- Airport: Brandts Lodge
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 62.2714° N, 145.3822° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gulkana, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.2714&lon=-145.3822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3577P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3577P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 800 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC74FAG73](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74FAG73) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730930036339A

## Narrative

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

HIT TREES AT NITE.NOT EQUIPT FOR NITE FLT.

## 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 ANC74FAG73](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74FAG73), Sep 30, 1973: Piper PA-18 (N3577P), Gulkana, AK, destroyed

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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