# Accident 19790928029759A: Piper PA18, Ugashik, AK, September 28, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1979, 15:00 local time
- Place: Ugashik, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 57.5131° N, 157.3975° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ugashik, AK, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.5131&lon=-157.3975&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7070B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7070B-1983-01-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 900 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DAG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790928029759A

## Narrative

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

MADE TAKE OFF FROM SHORT STRIP. WING DIPPED, HIT BUSHES AT END OF STRIP. AIRCRAFT FLIPPED INTO A LAKE.

## 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 ANC80DAG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG02), Sep 28, 1979: Piper PA-18 (N7070B), Ugashik, AK, destroyed

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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