# Accident 19780402042389A: Dorner DO28D1, Bethel, AK, April 2, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1978
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Airport: Ice Rwy-River
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 60.7922° N, 161.7558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bethel, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7922&lon=-161.7558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21AS-1991-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dornier DO 28 D-1 (registry code 2991404, https://openairdocs.org/model/dornier-do-28-d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DORNER DO28D1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,157 total, 174 in this make and model, 167 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780402042389A

## 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 ANC78FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FA027), Apr 2, 1978: Dornier DO-28D (N21AS), Bethel, AK, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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