# Accident 19780430042409A: Piper PA18150, Homer, AK, April 30, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1978
- Place: Homer, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 59.6404° N, 151.5091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Homer, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.6404&lon=-151.5091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13973, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13973) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,070 total, 900 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780430042409A

## Narrative

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

LARGE ROCK ON BEACH USED FOR TKOF.

## 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 ANC78FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FA034), Apr 30, 1978: Piper PA-18 (N13973), Homer, AK, substantial damage, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N13973 (1)

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

- [Accident 20110904021679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110904021679A), Sep 4, 2011: Piper PA-18-150 (N13973), Mcgrath, AK, Substantial damage. On September 4, 2011, at about 1515 Alaska daylight time, a Piper PA-18 airplane, N13973, sustained substantial damage when its engine lost power, and it…

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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