# Accident 19770916031339A: Piper PA12, Anchorage, AK, September 16, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1977
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- 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: N4040M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4040M-2020-01-31) (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: 190 total, 190 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC77DAH41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77DAH41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770916031339A

## Narrative

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

LANDING ON SANDBAR IN SUSITNA RIVER.

## 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 ANC77DAH41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77DAH41), Sep 16, 1977: Piper PA-12 (N4040M), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4040M (2)

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

- [Accident 20171122019699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171122019699A), Nov 22, 2017: Piper PA-12 (N4040M), Dickinson, ND, Destroyed. Airmen executed a short field takeoff from an off airport location. The location was an industrial equipment yard. The takeoff area was a packed gravel surface…
- [Accident 19990307014119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990307014119A), Mar 7, 1999: Piper PA12 (N4040M), Big Lake, AK, Substantial damage. (.19) On March 7, 1999, about 1540 Alaska standard time, a wheel equipped, Piper PA-12, N4040M, sustained substantial damage while landing on the frozen…

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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