# Accident 19740927036289A: Piper PA18150, Deering, AK, September 27, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 1974
- Place: Deering, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 66.0693° N, 162.7648° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Deering, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.0693&lon=-162.7648&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14312, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14312) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC75DAA15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC75DAA15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740927036289A

## Narrative

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

TOUCHED DOWN ON RIVER SAND BAR & BOUNCED INTO RIVER. L FUEL CAP NOT VENTED.

## 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 ANC75DAA15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC75DAA15), Sep 27, 1974: Piper PA-18 (N14312), Deering, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N14312 (1)

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

- [Incident 19780922027369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780922027369I), Sep 22, 1978: Piper PA18150 (N14312), Kotzebue, AK, Minor damage. During taxi attempt through parked aircraft, wingtip struck parked Beech 18T. Under fluence.

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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