# Accident 19791001026729A: Pilats PC6, Sparrevohn, AK, October 1, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 1979, 09:00 local time
- Place: Sparrevohn, AK
- Airport: Merrill Pass
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1031° N, 155.5775° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sparrevohn Long Range Radar Site, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1031&lon=-155.5775&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4912, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4912-1981-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pilatus PC-6/350 (registry code 7090114, https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-pc-6-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATS PC6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total, 140 in this make and model, 124 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DAG04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791001026729A

## Narrative

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

HIT DOWNDRAFT FLYING THROUGH PASS. UNABLE TO PULL OUT.HIT GROUND. SEVERE LOW LEVEL TURBULENCE.

## 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 ANC80DAG04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG04), Oct 1, 1979: Pilatus PC-6 (N4912), Sparrevohn, 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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