# Accident 19780114007249A: Piper PA18150, Fairbanks, AK, January 14, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 1978
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 64.8378° N, 147.7164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairbanks, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8378&lon=-147.7164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3579Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3579Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 760 total, 560 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78FAA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FAA05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780114007249A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 ANC78FAA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FAA05), Jan 14, 1978: Piper PA-18 (N3579Z), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3579Z (1)

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

- [Incident 19880507021019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880507021019I), May 7, 1988: Piper PA18150 (N3579Z), North Pole, AK, Minor damage. Ran out of fuel on initial climbout inadvertently placed fuel selector valve between tanks. Landed off end of strip

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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