# Accident 19760917035029A: Piper PA18A150, Aniak, AK, September 17, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1976
- Place: Aniak, AK
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Location: 61.5799° N, 159.5476° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aniak, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5799&lon=-159.5476&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7860D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A150
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC76AA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76AA133) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760917035029A

## Narrative

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

PASSENGER DEPLANED AND WALKED INTO ROTATING PROP

## 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 ANC76AA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76AA133), Sep 17, 1976: Piper PA-18 (N7860D), Aniak, AK, no damage, 1 fatal

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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