# Incident 19790608015969I: Piper PA12, Stony River, AK, June 8, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 1979, 12:30 local time
- Place: Stony River, AK
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.7923° N, 156.5900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stony River, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.7923&lon=-156.5900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78561, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78561-1980-11-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-12 (registry code 7101202, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 250 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790608015969I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK A ROCK DURING LANDING ROLL

## Other reports on N78561 (1)

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

- [Incident 19781118026079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781118026079I), Nov 18, 1978: Piper PA12 (N78561), Lake Creek, AK, Minor damage. Pilot landed on Creek sand-bar covered with two feet of snow. Went up and over.

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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