# Accident 19790506012599A: Piper PA18, Kodiak, AK, May 6, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1979, 18:00 local time
- Place: Kodiak, AK
- Airport: Uganik Bay
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 57.7906° N, 152.4222° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kodiak, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.7906&lon=-152.4222&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3771P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3771P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 470 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79DAG48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAG48) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790506012599A

## Narrative

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

MADE WATER TAKEOFF IN STRONG GUSTY WIND. AIRCRAFT STALLED AT ABOUT 50 FEET. RIGHT WING HIT WATER.

## 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 ANC79DAG48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAG48), May 6, 1979: Piper PA-18 (N3771P), Kodiak, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3771P (2)

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

- [Incident 20120905023319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120905023319I), Sep 5, 2012: Piper PA-18A 150 (N3771P), Nenana, AK, Minor damage. While departing a gravel bar airstrip the pilot dragged his landing gear through some brush causing a substantial loss of lift resulting in the aircraft…
- [Accident 19820917049879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820917049879A), Sep 17, 1982: Piper PA18 (N3771P), Glennallen, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot landed floatplane in a river in a downwind direction. Airplane flipped over. No current biennial or medical.

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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