# Accident 19800104001249A: Piper PA20, Palmer, AK, January 4, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1980, 09:20 local time
- Place: Palmer, AK
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5972° N, 149.1147° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palmer, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5972&lon=-149.1147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7721K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7721K-2020-02-21) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,691 total, 25 in this make and model, 111 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DAG26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800104001249A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT LOST CONTROL OF AIRPLANE ON LANDING ROLL. AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY INTO A SNOWBANK. CFI HAD NO BRAKES.

## 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 ANC80DAG26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG26), Jan 4, 1980: Piper PA-20 (N7721K), Palmer, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7721K (1)

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

- [Accident 19730530017629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730530017629A), May 30, 1973: Piper PA20 (N7721K), Cantwell, AK, Substantial damage. Wind gusting 10K.lndd on anchorage-fairbanks alas hwy. ran into ditch.

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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