# Accident 19761127036399A: Piper PA18150, Seward, AK, November 27, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 1976
- Place: Seward, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 60.1232° N, 149.3917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seward, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.1232&lon=-149.3917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9777D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9777D-1977-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 7,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC77DAG12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77DAG12-201366) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761127036399A

## Narrative

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

ACFT SANK. PLT STATED OLD KINK IN CARB HEAT CABLE PROBABLY SEPARATED, CONTROLS BECAME INOP IN FLT.

## 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 ANC77DAG12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77DAG12-201366), Nov 27, 1976: Piper PA-18 (N9777D), Seward, AK, substantial damage

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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