# Accident 19771016034349A: Piper PA22150, Dillingham, AK, October 16, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 1977
- Place: Dillingham, AK
- Airport: Dillinham Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 59.0397° N, 158.4575° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dillingham, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.0397&lon=-158.4575&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2479P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2479P-2014-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 60 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78DAG10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAG10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771016034349A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUSTY.

## 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 ANC78DAG10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAG10), Oct 16, 1977: Piper PA-22 (N2479P), Dillingham, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2479P (1)

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

- [Incident 19820424021449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820424021449I), Apr 24, 1982: Piper PA22150 (N2479P), Iliamna, AK, Minor damage. Engine blew cylinder during flight,pilot made an emergency landing. Pilot was not a certificated pilot.

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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