# Accident 19780516011169A: Piper PA18150, King Salmon, AK, May 16, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1978
- Place: King Salmon, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 58.6883° N, 156.6614° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of King Salmon, AK, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.6883&lon=-156.6614&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9928D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9928D-2009-09-17) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78DAG54](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAG54) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780516011169A

## Narrative

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

GUSTS TO 25KTS.

## 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 ANC78DAG54](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAG54), May 16, 1978: Piper PA-18 (N9928D), King Salmon, AK, destroyed

## Other reports on N9928D (1)

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

- [Accident 19771001034289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771001034289A), Oct 1, 1977: Piper PA18150 (N9928D), 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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