# Accident 19790901022099A: Piper PA22S160, Eureka, AK, September 1, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1979, 09:00 local time
- Place: Eureka, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 65.1794° N, 150.2144° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eureka, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=65.1794&lon=-150.2144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8143D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8143D-1993-12-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22S160
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 390 total, 64 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79DAH09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAH09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790901022099A

## Narrative

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

ATTEMPTED SEAPLANE TAKEOFF WITH FROST ON WINGS. UNABLE TO CLIMB. ABORTED. MADE HARD WATER LANDING.

## 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 ANC79DAH09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAH09), Sep 1, 1979: Piper PA-22S (N8143D), Eureka, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8143D (1)

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

- [Accident 19910920042469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910920042469A), Sep 20, 1991: Piper STCPA22 (N8143D), Stony River, AK, Substantial damage. Tried to land downwind short strip. Unable,began go around,turned into blind canyon,hit downdraft. Crashed in trees

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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