# Incident 19791014052809I: Piper PA18, King Salmon, AK, October 14, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 1979, 12:20 local time
- Place: King Salmon, AK
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.6883° N, 156.6614° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of King Salmon, AK, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.6883&lon=-156.6614&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9386D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9386D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 240 total, 180 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791014052809I

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE 180 DEGREE TURN AFTER LANDING, WIND TIPPED THE AIRCRAFT UP ON NOSE AND A WING TIP.

## Other reports on N9386D (1)

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

- [Incident 19980305005839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980305005839I), Mar 5, 1998: Piper PA18 (N9386D), Anchorage, AK. Narrative: Alaska state trooper was flying a seized PA-18 ski equipped aircraft from pilot point to lake Hood. Everytime he pulled carb heat he lost power and…

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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