# Accident 19760216006309A: Piper PA12, Tyonek, AK, February 16, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1976
- Place: Tyonek, AK
- Airport: Tyonek
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 61.0767° N, 151.1381° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TYONEK (TYE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.0767&lon=-151.1381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78571, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78571-1978-07-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC76AA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76AA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760216006309A

## Narrative

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

IMPACTED WATER ABT 600FT FRM SHORE.ACFT NOT RCVRD,EXTREME TIDAL ACTION.PLT DROWNED,PAX MISSING.

## 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 ANC76AA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76AA069), Feb 16, 1976: Piper PA-12 (N78571), Tyonek, AK, destroyed, 2 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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