# Accident 19770912025919A: Piper PA14, Iliamna, AK, September 12, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1977
- Place: Iliamna, AK
- Airport: Slopbucket Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 59.7568° N, 154.9111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Iliamna, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.7568&lon=-154.9111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5159H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5159H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-14 (registry code 7101402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA14
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 646 total, 645 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC77DAH13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77DAH13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770912025919A

## Narrative

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

FLOAT EQPD.SETTLED INTO BANK.

## 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 ANC77DAH13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77DAH13), Sep 12, 1977: Piper PA-14 (N5159H), Iliamna, 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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