# Accident 19780310013709A: Piper PA18150, Mccarthy, AK, March 10, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1978
- Place: Mccarthy, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 61.4333° N, 142.9217° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McCarthy, AK, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4333&lon=-142.9217&mi=10
- Aircraft: N307T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,115 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78DAG30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAG30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780310013709A

## Narrative

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

STEEP CLIMB OUT AFTER LOW PASS IN FRONT OF CABIN

## 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 ANC78DAG30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAG30), Mar 10, 1978: Piper PA-18 (N307T), Mccarthy, 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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