# Accident 19790827023709A: Piper PA18, Valdez, AK, August 27, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1979, 20:15 local time
- Place: Valdez, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1308° N, 146.3483° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Valdez, AK, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1308&lon=-146.3483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9130D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9130D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 204 total, 204 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79DAG99](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAG99) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790827023709A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON, LOW CEILING, LOW FUEL. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING DOWNHILL ONROAD. HIT GUARD RAIL.

## 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 ANC79DAG99](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAG99), Aug 27, 1979: Piper PA-18 (N9130D), Valdez, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9130D (1)

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

- [Accident 19990901046699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990901046699A), Sep 1, 1999: Piper PA18 (N9130D), Cordova, AK, No damage. (-23) On September 1, 1999, at approximately 1900 local time, alvin fulton acting as pilot in command of a PA-18, attempted a takeoff from a riverbank near…

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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