# Accident 19780423008079A: Piper PA16, Anchorage, AK, April 23, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 1978
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- 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: N5721H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5721H-2000-12-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-16 (registry code 7101602, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA16
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 219 total, 33 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78DAG49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAG49) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780423008079A

## 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 ANC78DAG49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAG49), Apr 23, 1978: Piper PA-16 (N5721H), Anchorage, 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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