# Accident 19780430035149A: Piper PA18S125, Birchwood, AK, April 30, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1978
- Place: Birchwood, AK
- Airport: Birchwood
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 61.4161° N, 149.5083° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BIRCHWOOD (BCV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4161&lon=-149.5083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3749Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3749Z-1982-02-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18S125
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 91 total, 21 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780430035149A

## Narrative

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

ACFT EQUIPED WITH WHEEL SKIS AND STOL KIT.

## 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 ANC78FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FA033), Apr 30, 1978: Crosswinds PA-18 (N3749Z), Birchwood, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.