# Accident 19790907043309A: Piper PA18, Gulkana, AK, September 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1979
- Place: Gulkana, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.2714° N, 145.3822° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gulkana, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.2714&lon=-145.3822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82706 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 22,300 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79FA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790907043309A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT FOUND IN VERTICAL POSITION IN LAKE. CAUSE OF ACCIDENT UNDETERMINED.

## 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 ANC79FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79FA088), Sep 7, 1979: Piper PA-18 (N82706), Gulkana, AK, substantial damage, 2 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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