# Accident 19790527027989A: Piper J5A, Karluk, AK, May 27, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1979, 15:30 local time
- Place: Karluk, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 57.5719° N, 154.4556° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Karluk, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.5719&lon=-154.4556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1035N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1035N-1980-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J5C (registry code 7100712, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j5c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J5A
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 100 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79FA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790527027989A

## Narrative

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

PASSENGER SAID ENGINE BEGAN MAKING FUNNY NOISE. THEY THEN HIT GROUND AT FLYING SPEED.

## 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 ANC79FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79FA054), May 27, 1979: Piper J-5C (N1035N), Karluk, AK, substantial damage, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N1035N (1)

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

- [Incident 19780506032229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780506032229I), May 6, 1978: Piper J5A (N1035N), Anchorage, AK. Forced landing after power loss. Exhaust valve 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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