19791204041239A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA18 · Grayling, AK · December 4, 1979

Date
December 4, 1979 · 12:00 local
Place
Grayling, AK
Phase of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4325Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC80FA020
Reported as
Piper PA18
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
538 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Airccraft found crashed on frozen river. Pilot and passenger had been hunting from aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCCRAFT FOUND CRASHED ON FROZEN RIVER. PILOT AND PASSENGER HAD BEEN HUNTING FROM AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.