# Accident 19760905032039A: Piper PA18150, Baird Mts, AK, September 5, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1976
- Place: Baird Mts, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Aircraft: N8996Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8996Y) (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: 9,500 total, 600 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC76DAA67](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAA67) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760905032039A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WENT OVR CLIFF.

## 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 ANC76DAA67](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAA67), Sep 5, 1976: Piper PA-18 (N8996Y), Baird Mts, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8996Y (3)

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

- [Accident 20210701012149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210701012149A), Jul 1, 2021: Piper PA-18-150 (N8996Y), Petersville, AK, Substantial damage. Description: the accident occurred during an instructional flight with the purpose of teaching uphill landing techniques. After landing and cresting the hill,…
- [Accident 20151001022309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151001022309A), Oct 1, 2015: Piper PA-18-150 (N8996Y), Willow, AK, Substantial damage. Mishap pilot (mp) was in front seat of PA-18 doing an off airfield landing. Aircraft was equipped with tundra tires. Mp touched down farther down sandbar than…
- [Accident 19800601021799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800601021799A), Jun 1, 1980: Piper PA18150 (N8996Y), Willow, AK, Substantial damage. Landed on dirt strip. Braked too heavily. The airplane overturned.

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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