# Accident 19760718027449A: Piper PA22, Dillingham, AK, July 18, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1976
- Place: Dillingham, AK
- Airport: Dillingham City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 59.0447° N, 158.5055° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DILLINGHAM (DLG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.0447&lon=-158.5055&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8883C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8883C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22 (registry code 7102202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 535 total, 203 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC76DAH42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAH42) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760718027449A

## Narrative

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

SELECTOR ON EMPTY TANK.LNDD IN TUNDRA.

## 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 ANC76DAH42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAH42), Jul 18, 1976: Piper PA-22 (N8883C), Dillingham, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8883C (2)

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

- [Accident 20140728015199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140728015199A), Jul 28, 2014: Piper PA-22 (N8883C), Dillingham, AK, Substantial damage. On July 18, 2014, at 1545 Alaska daylight time, a Piper PA-22, N8883C, experienced a ground loop During landing roll on runway 19 at the Dillingham municipal…
- [Accident 19990515020569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990515020569A), May 15, 1999: Piper PA22 (N8883C), Dillingham, AK, Substantial damage. On may 15, 1999, at 1754 Alaska daylight time, a tailwheel equipped Piper PA-20 airplane, N8883C, sustained substantial damage when it departed the edge of…

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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