# Accident 19760817024789A: Piper PA18150, Chitina, AK, August 17, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1976
- Place: Chitina, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 61.5158° N, 144.4369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chitina, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5158&lon=-144.4369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4757Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4757Y) (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: 347 total, 347 in this make and model, 108 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC76DAH56](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAH56) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760817024789A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK ROCK OUTCROPPING. WIND GUSTS 25K

## 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 ANC76DAH56](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAH56), Aug 17, 1976: Piper PA-18 (N4757Y), Chitina, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4757Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19730111001409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730111001409A), Jan 11, 1973: Piper PA18150 (N4757Y), Sterling, AK, Substantial damage. Ice on l wg. Was diverted during pre-flt.

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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