# Accident 19820905044059A: Piper PA20, Kenai, AK, September 5, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1982, 18:47 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Airport: Kenai
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.5733° N, 151.2448° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KENAI MUNI (ENA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5733&lon=-151.2448&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6957K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6957K-1984-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC82DAG53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DAG53) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820905044059A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN WATER NEAR MOUTH OF KENIA RIVER. REASON FOR DITCHING NOT GIVEN BY PILOT. NOTHING FOUND IN INLET

## 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 ANC82DAG53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DAG53), Sep 5, 1982: Piper PA-20 (N6957K), Kenai, 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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