# Accident 19780330006379A: Piper PA18150, Emigrant Gap, CA, March 30, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1978
- Place: Emigrant Gap, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 39.2968° N, 120.6727° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Emigrant Gap, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2968&lon=-120.6727&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9714P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9714P) (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: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78DXQ16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DXQ16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780330006379A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED IN DEEP SNOW WHEN CAUGHT IN MOUNTAIN VALLEYS WITH LOOUDS AND APPROACHING DARKNESS

## 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 OAK78DXQ16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DXQ16), Mar 30, 1978: Piper PA-18 (N9714P), Emigrant Gap, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9714P (3)

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

- [Incident 20060807018689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060807018689I), Aug 7, 2006: Piper PA18150 (N9714P), Dillingham, AK. (-23) The pilot landed in tundra vegetation and failed to keep the aircraft upright. It came to rest nearly inverted.
- [Incident 19840624037379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840624037379I), Jun 24, 1984: Piper PA18 (N9714P), Theodore, AK, Minor damage. Landed on a road and allowed aircraft to veer off the road into a line of trees.
- [Accident 19770831031719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770831031719A), Aug 31, 1977: Piper PA18150 (N9714P), Zellwood, FL, 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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