# Incident 19791229000319I: Piper PA20, Chugiak, AK, December 29, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 1979, 14:00 local time
- Place: Chugiak, AK
- Airport: Birchwood
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.4161° N, 149.5083° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BIRCHWOOD (BCV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4161&lon=-149.5083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6980K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6980K-2013-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 50 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/19791229000319I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK SNOW BERM DURING LANDING.

## Other reports on N6980K (1)

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

- [Incident 19790903034219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790903034219I), Sep 3, 1979: Piper PA20 (N6980K), Skwentna, AK, Minor damage. During sandbar landing gear collapsed. Gear assembly #12582-01 had preistent crack.

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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