# Accident 19780908026849A: Piper PA18A, Palmer, AK, September 8, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1978
- Place: Palmer, AK
- Airport: Grasshopper Strip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 61.5972° N, 149.1147° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palmer, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5972&lon=-149.1147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1752A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1752A-2020-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A (registry code 7101804, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 185 total, 86 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78DAH20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAH20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780908026849A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 ANC78DAH20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAH20), Sep 8, 1978: Piper PA-18 (N1752A), Palmer, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1752A (1)

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

- [Incident 20190606006039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190606006039I), Jun 6, 2019: Piper PA-18A (N1752A), Naknek, AK, Substantial damage. On June 6, 2019 at 0500AM a PA-18A aircraft owned by king air inc. was discovered abandoned with substantial damage at Naknek airport. Local law enforcement…

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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