# Accident 19780429009719A: Piper PA20, Fairbanks, AK, April 29, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 1978
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Metro Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 64.8068° N, 147.7624° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at METRO FLD (MTF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8068&lon=-147.7624&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1685A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1685A-2014-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 686 total, 70 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78FAA13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FAA13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780429009719A

## Narrative

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

REPAIRS MADE BY NONCERTIFICATED PERSON.

## 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 ANC78FAA13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FAA13), Apr 29, 1978: Piper PA-20 (N1685A), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1685A (1)

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

- [Accident 19911108050159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911108050159A), Nov 8, 1991: Piper PA20 (N1685A), Stebbins, AK, Substantial damage. Wind rised wing onlanding roll causing other wing to impact veering aircraft onto frozen pond.

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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