# Accident 19780826025399A: Piper PA18A150, Iliamna, AK, August 26, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 1978
- Place: Iliamna, AK
- Airport: Lake Illiamna
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 59.7568° N, 154.9111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Iliamna, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.7568&lon=-154.9111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1364C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1364C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 220 total, 150 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78DAH13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAH13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780826025399A

## Narrative

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

FLOAT EQUIPPED.

## 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 ANC78DAH13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAH13), Aug 26, 1978: Piper PA-18 (N1364C), Iliamna, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1364C (1)

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

- [Accident 20250523012749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250523012749A), May 23, 2025: Piper PA-18A 150 (N1364C), Susitna, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot had landed on a large gravel bar in the Susitna River at the confluence of the Susitna River and yentna River. Afterward, pilot elected to land on a…

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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