# Accident 19770803035239A: Piper PA12, Solo Creek, AK, August 3, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1977
- Place: Solo Creek, AK
- Airport: Solo Creek
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Aircraft: N4444M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4444M-1978-01-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC77FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77FA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770803035239A

## Narrative

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

WINDS GUSTING TO 35KTS.

## 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 ANC77FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77FA069), Aug 3, 1977: Piper PA-12 (N4444M), Solo Creek, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N4444M (1)

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

- [Accident 19730925029229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730925029229A), Sep 25, 1973: Piper PA12 (N4444M), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Wheels sank in soft tundra.

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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