# Accident 19790823023029A: Piper PA12, Ft Yukon, AK, August 23, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1979, 12:30 local time
- Place: Ft Yukon, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 66.5818° N, 145.2489° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Yukon, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.5818&lon=-145.2489&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4121N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA12
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 320 total, 320 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79DAA31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAA31) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790823023029A

## Narrative

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

MADE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON A CLEARING. OVERSHOT AREA. SKIDDED SIDEWAYS OVER A BANK INTO A DITCH.

## 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 ANC79DAA31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAA31), Aug 23, 1979: Piper PA-12 (N4121N), Ft.Yukon, 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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