# Accident 19750914031619A: Piper PA18150, Egegik, AK, September 14, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 1975
- Place: Egegik, AK
- Airport: Jensen
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 58.2724° N, 157.5131° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Egegik, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.2724&lon=-157.5131&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8479Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8479Y) (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: 300 total, 150 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC76DAG38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAG38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750914031619A

## Narrative

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

RAN OFF RWY INTO TUNDRA. SEAT SLID REARWARD.

## 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 ANC76DAG38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAG38), Sep 14, 1975: Piper PA-18 (N8479Y), Egegik, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8479Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19931006045389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931006045389A), Oct 6, 1993: Piper PA18150 (N8479Y), Aniak, AK, Substantial damage. Damaged by hard landing on mountain top strip. Stated a wind gust slammed aircraft into ground on final.

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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