# Accident 19800528016769A: Piper PA18, Ninilchik, AK, May 28, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1980, 14:00 local time
- Place: Ninilchik, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.0514° N, 151.6689° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ninilchik, AK, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.0514&lon=-151.6689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4275Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4275Z-2012-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 230 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80FA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800528016769A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED MAKING LOW PASSES & AFTER LAST PASS A CLOUD OF SMOKE WAS SEEN WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

## 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 ANC80FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80FA048), May 28, 1980: Piper PA-18 (N4275Z), Ninilchik, AK, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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