# Accident 19740801025779A: Piper PA18S150, Port Alswrth, AK, August 1, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1974
- Place: Port Alswrth, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 60.1578° N, 154.3406° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Alsworth, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.1578&lon=-154.3406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6891B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6891B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18S-150 (registry code 7101832, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18s-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 PA18S150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 348 total, 262 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC75DAG09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC75DAG09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740801025779A

## Narrative

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

FLOAT EQUIPPED,SHORT LAKE.

## 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 ANC75DAG09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC75DAG09), Aug 1, 1974: Piper PA-18 (N6891B), Port Alswrth, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6891B (1)

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

- [Accident 20100501033049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100501033049A), May 1, 2010: Piper PA18S150 (N6891B), Trapper Creek, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot made a low pass over a missing person on the ground. After spotting the missing person the pilot looked up just in time to see trees in front and above…

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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