# Incident 19780326010449I: Piper PA18, Anchorage, AK, March 26, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1978, 11:33 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44RT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44RT) (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 PA18
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 8 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780326010449I

## Narrative

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

PILOT PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS TOUCHED DOWN HARD, VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND INTO A SNOWBANK.

## Other reports on N44RT (2)

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

- [Accident 20130812017669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130812017669A), Aug 12, 2013: Piper PA-18-150 (N44RT), Paxson, AK, Substantial damage. At approx 12:20 pm aircraft took off from round tangle lake enroute to anchorage. At approx 12:40 aircraft experienced a loss of power, in which the engine…
- [Incident 20020308004199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020308004199I), Mar 8, 2002: Piper PA18150 (N44RT), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. (-23) On March 8, 2002, Piper PA-18, N44RT departed lake Hood. At approximately 100 feet the engine started running rough. Pilot nancy lathrop elected to land.…

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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