# Accident 19781030044029A: Cessna 207, Napaskiak, AK, October 30, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 1978
- Place: Napaskiak, AK
- Airport: Napaskiak
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 60.7029° N, 161.7783° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAPASKIAK (PKA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7029&lon=-161.7783&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18AA-2012-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207 (registry code 2073602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,440 total, 400 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79FA010) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781030044029A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CAME TO REST IN DRAINAGE DITCH.

## 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 ANC79FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79FA010), Oct 30, 1978: Cessna 207A (N18AA), Napaskiak, AK, destroyed

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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