# Accident 19781121044529A: Piper PA32300, Old Harbor, AK, November 21, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 1978, 15:30 local time
- Place: Old Harbor, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 57.2186° N, 153.3278° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Old Harbor, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.2186&lon=-153.3278&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4284R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4284R-1981-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,838 total, 338 in this make and model, 123 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79FA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781121044529A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES AIRPLANE OPERATED INTO ADVERSE WIND AND WEATHER IN MOUNTINA PASS. STRUCK ROCK WALL IN LEVEL FLIGHT.

## 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 ANC79FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79FA022), Nov 21, 1978: Piper PA-32 (N4284R), Old Harbor, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N4284R (1)

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

- [Incident 19780914019109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780914019109I), Sep 14, 1978: Piper PA32R300 (N4284R), Kodiak, AK, Minor damage. Gear seperated aircraft on takeoff, scissor bolt had failed.

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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