# Accident 19790728022329A: Piper PA11, Fairbanks, AK, July 28, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1979, 11:30 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8378° N, 147.7164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairbanks, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8378&lon=-147.7164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5028H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5028H-2018-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-11 (registry code 7101102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA11
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 350 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79DAA28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAA28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790728022329A

## Narrative

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

MADE TAKEOFF ON A GRAVEL BAR. RIGHT WING STRUCK WILLOW BUSHES. ACFT HIT TREE STUMPS. FLIPPED OVER.

## 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 ANC79DAA28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAA28), Jul 28, 1979: Piper PA-11 (N5028H), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5028H (1)

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

- [Accident 20161215022599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161215022599A), Dec 15, 2016: Piper PA-11 (N5028H), Aniak Vcty, AK, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Cause of death declared by state of Alaska medical examiner and Alaska state troopers to be suicide. Passenger was pilot's wife who had terminal cancer. Flight…

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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