# Accident 19790807029729A: Piper PA18, Anchorage, AK, August 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1979, 17:00 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7186D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7186D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A (registry code 7101804, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a) (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: 900 total, 900 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79DAG90](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAG90) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790807029729A

## Narrative

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

JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN ON DIRT STRIP, PLT REPORTED WIND DRIFTED ACFT OFF RWY. WING HIT BUSHES, ACFT CARTWHEELED.

## 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 ANC79DAG90](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAG90), Aug 7, 1979: Piper PA-18 (N7186D), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7186D (1)

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

- [Accident 19750922031089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750922031089A), Sep 22, 1975: Piper PA18A (N7186D), Mcgrath, AK, Substantial damage

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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