# Accident 19760808032699A: Piper PA18150, Mccarthy, AK, August 8, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1976
- Place: Mccarthy, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 61.4333° N, 142.9217° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McCarthy, AK, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4333&lon=-142.9217&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3391Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3391Z) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 650 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC76DAH49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAH49) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760808032699A

## Narrative

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

DRAGGED LDG SITE,APPLIED PWR ABRUPTLY. SETTLED INTO RIVER.

## 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 ANC76DAH49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAH49), Aug 8, 1976: Piper PA-18 (N3391Z), Mccarthy, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3391Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19981111031689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981111031689A), Nov 11, 1998: Piper PA18150 (N3391Z), Kenai, AK, Substantial damage. On November 11, 1998, about 1400 Alaska standard time, a tundra tire equipped Piper PA-18-150 airplane, N3391Z, sustained substantial damage while landing at…

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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