# Incident 19780615045939I: Piper PA18A150, Kotzebue, AK, June 15, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 1978, 15:45 local time
- Place: Kotzebue, AK
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 66.8868° N, 162.4917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kotzebue, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.8868&lon=-162.4917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9296D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9296D-2015-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-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 PA18A150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780615045939I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT BLOWN OVER WHILE BEING REPOSITIONED FOR TIE DOWN IN A STRONG AND GUSTY WIND.

## Other reports on N9296D (1)

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

- [Incident 19790727021759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790727021759I), Jul 27, 1979: Piper PA18A150 (N9296D), Point Lay, AK, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control on takeoff, ground looped aircraft.

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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