# Incident 19780403009389I: Piper PA12, Eagle River, AK, April 3, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1978, 08:45 local time
- Place: Eagle River, AK
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.3214° N, 149.5678° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eagle River, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.3214&lon=-149.5678&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7779H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7779H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 600 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/19780403009389I

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING ON HIGHWAY AFTER ENGINE LOST POWER. FOUND FUEL GASOLATOR CONTAMINATED.

## Other reports on N7779H (2)

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

- [Accident 20120706013499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120706013499A), Jul 6, 2012: Piper PA-12 (N7779H), Quinhagak, AK, Substantial damage. About five miles east of Quinhagak, AK, the airman was acting as pilot in command of a PA-12 when he lost control after a balked landing which resulted in a…
- [Incident 19880508055959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880508055959I), May 8, 1988: Piper PA12 (N7779H), Ninilchik, AK. Emergency landing when encountered adverse weather on VFR flilght. Landed on a seismic trail without incident.

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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