# Accident 19780521042571A: Piper PA18S125, Rocky Cove, AK, May 21, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1978
- Place: Rocky Cove, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Aircraft: N5882D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5882D-1981-01-26) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,400 total, 300 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780521042571A

## Narrative

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

FISH SPOTTING.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N1158A, Piper PA18S: [Accident 19780521042572A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780521042572A)

## 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 ANC78FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FA039), May 21, 1978: Piper PA-18 (N5882D), Rocky Cove, 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.

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