# Accident 19761015033889A: Piper PA18150, Skwentna, AK, October 15, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 1976
- Place: Skwentna, AK
- Airport: Put Airstrip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 61.9903° N, 151.3978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Skwentna, AK, within about 12 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.9903&lon=-151.3978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8998Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8998Y-2018-12-20) (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: 600 total, 400 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC77DAH04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77DAH04-201352) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761015033889A

## Narrative

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

RAN INTO CHUCK HOLES.

## 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 ANC77DAH04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77DAH04-201352), Oct 15, 1976: Piper PA-18 (N8998Y), Skwentna, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8998Y (2)

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

- [Accident 20160827025279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160827025279A), Aug 27, 2016: Piper PA-18-150 (N8998Y), North Pole, AK, Destroyed. Student pilot met his instructor at chena marina where they both intended on flying to koole lake. His plan was to follow his flight instructor and to rely on…
- [Accident 20110925027959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110925027959A), Sep 25, 2011: Piper PA-18-150 (N8998Y), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. Airman states that upon a return flight from birch lake, AK to Chena Marina, AK he was landing at Chena Marina (AK28) and "the air just gave out from under me"…

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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