# Accident 19770226008799A: Piper PA12, Talkeetna, AK, February 26, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 1977
- Place: Talkeetna, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 62.3239° N, 150.1094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Talkeetna, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3239&lon=-150.1094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98900, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N98900) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 124 total, 124 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC77DAG52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77DAG52) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770226008799A

## Narrative

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

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## 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 ANC77DAG52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77DAG52), Feb 26, 1977: Piper PA-12 (N98900), Talkeetna, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N98900 (1)

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

- [Accident 19981009028929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981009028929A), Oct 9, 1998: Piper PA12 (N98900), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. (-23)During an attempted night landing at lake Hood seaplane base, the pilot flying a PA-12 seaplane mistook a land airplane parking area as the water lane.…

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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