# Accident 19780530042612A: Piper PA18S125, Dillingham, AK, May 30, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1978
- Place: Dillingham, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 59.0397° N, 158.4575° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dillingham, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.0397&lon=-158.4575&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82991, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N82991-2012-07-24) (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: 6,165 total, 2,020 in this make and model, 112 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780530042612A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N39CF, Cessna 180H: [Accident 19780530042611A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780530042611A)

## 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 ANC78FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FA040), May 30, 1978: Piper PA-18 (N82991), Dillingham, AK, destroyed, 3 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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