# Accident 19790506041099A: Piper PA18150, Anchorage, AK, May 6, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1979, 12:15 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Campbell Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1331° N, 149.9419° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAMPBELL LAKE (0A1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1331&lon=-149.9419&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4011Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79FA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790506041099A

## Narrative

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

WING STRUT TO FRONT SPAR FITTING FRACTURED. WING FOLDED BACK ON CLIMBOUT. PRIOR WING TIE-DOWN DAMAGE.

## 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 ANC79FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79FA048), May 6, 1979: Piper PA-18 (N4011Z), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage, 1 fatal

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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