# Accident 19800719035979A: Piper PA18A, Meterval Bay, AK, July 19, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 1980, 07:15 local time
- Place: Meterval Bay, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Aerial Taxi To Tkof/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N679RK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N679RK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 350 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DAG94](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG94) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800719035979A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LET PLANE STALL ON TAKEOFF FROM BEACH. WAS ON FLIGHT PLAN. NO SEARCH WAS EVER STARTED BY FLIGHT SERVICE.

## 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 ANC80DAG94](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG94), Jul 19, 1980: Piper PA-18A (N679RK), Togiak, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N679RK (1)

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

- [Accident 19890803027439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890803027439A), Aug 3, 1989: Piper PA18 (N679RK), Canyon Creek, AK, Substantial damage. Engine quit at 300 ft AGL. Crash landed in tundra. Believe water in fuel tank which had been unused for long period

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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