# Accident 19740904030369A: Piper PA18A, Glennallen, AK, September 4, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1974
- Place: Glennallen, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 62.1092° N, 145.5464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Glennallen, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.1092&lon=-145.5464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1987A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1987A-2020-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A (registry code 7101804, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 650 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC75DAG31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC75DAG31) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740904030369A

## Narrative

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

HIT SHORT OF LAKE. FLOAT EQUIPPED.

## 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 ANC75DAG31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC75DAG31), Sep 4, 1974: Piper PA-18 (N1987A), Glennallen, AK, substantial damage

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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