# Accident 19760912027659A: Piper PA18A150, Mcgrath, AK, September 12, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1976
- Place: Mcgrath, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 62.9564° N, 155.5958° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McGrath, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.9564&lon=-155.5958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8982D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8982D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-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 PA18A150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total, 1,350 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC76DAH65](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAH65) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760912027659A

## Narrative

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

LND ON GRAVEL BAR ABT 750FT LONG.

## 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 ANC76DAH65](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAH65), Sep 12, 1976: Piper PA-18 (N8982D), Mcgrath, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8982D (1)

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

- [Accident 19910101002849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910101002849A), Jan 1, 1991: Piper PA18150 (N8982D), Madras, OR, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Took off on local flight and failed to return. Reported missing. No trace ever found. Presumed fatal and destroyed.

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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