# Accident 19770902042459A: Piper PA18150, Anchorage, AK, September 2, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1977
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Private Strip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2992Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2992Z-1978-03-03) (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: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC77FA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77FA085) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770902042459A

## Narrative

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

SPOTTING GAME.BUSH STRIP.PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL 56MG .

## 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 ANC77FA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77FA085), Sep 2, 1977: Piper PA-18 (N2992Z), Anchorage, AK, destroyed, 2 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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