# Accident 19790328041889A: Piper PA18150, Chicken, AK, March 28, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1979, 12:30 local time
- Place: Chicken, AK
- Airport: Chicken
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.0668° N, 141.9513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICKEN (CKX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.0668&lon=-141.9513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5425Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5425Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,449 total, 408 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79DAA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAA09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790328041889A

## Narrative

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

PARTIAL POWER LOSS ON TAKEOFF. UNABLE TO SUSTAIN FLIGHT. CRASHED OFF END OF RUNWAY. POSSIBLE CARBUREATOR ICING.

## 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 ANC79DAA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAA09), Mar 28, 1979: Piper PA-18 (N5425Y), Chicken, AK, substantial damage

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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