# Accident 19790904028009A: Piper PA22, Palmer, AK, September 4, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1979, 16:00 local time
- Place: Palmer, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5972° N, 149.1147° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palmer, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5972&lon=-149.1147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8666D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8666D-1989-08-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 871 total, 210 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79FAH05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79FAH05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790904028009A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MANEUVER AIRCRAFT AT LOW ALTITUDE TO TAKE PHOTOS. AIRCRAFT STALLED. NOSED INTO TREES AND GROUND.

## 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 ANC79FAH05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79FAH05), Sep 4, 1979: Piper PA-22 (N8666D), Palmer, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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