# Accident 19750826037919A: Piper PA28180, Whittier, AK, August 26, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 1975
- Place: Whittier, AK
- Airport: Whittier
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 60.7772° N, 148.7197° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHITTIER (IEM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7772&lon=-148.7197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6544J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6544J-1976-05-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,000 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC76AA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76AA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750826037919A

## Narrative

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

DEP & TURNED INTO SUN.HIT TREE 28FT AGL.AIRFRAME RESTRICTED FLD OF VISION.

## 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 ANC76AA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76AA027), Aug 26, 1975: Piper PA-28 (N6544J), Whittier, AK, substantial damage, 1 fatal

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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