# Incident 19780430015019I: Piper PA20, Anchorage, AK, April 30, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1978, 09:00 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N2636A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2636A-2013-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 182 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/19780430015019I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAND PROPPED CRAFT WHICH WAS UNATTENDED. IT BEGAN TO MOVE AND STRUCK TWO OTHER PARKED AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N2636A (1)

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

- [Accident 19910301003809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910301003809A), Mar 1, 1991: Piper PA20 (N2636A), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Veered sharply after landing and struck a snowbank.

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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