# Accident 19840124024889A: Piper PA18A, Anchorage, AK, January 24, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1984, 15:30 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Sky Harbor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1165° N, 149.8188° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKY HARBOR (9AK5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1165&lon=-149.8188&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7286D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7286D-2013-07-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A (registry code 7101804, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 170 total, 166 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC84LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840124024889A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL NEAR DESTINATION AIRPORT ACCORDING TO PILOTS REPORT.

## 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 ANC84LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA033), Jan 24, 1984: Piper PA-18A (N7286D), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7286D (2)

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

- [Accident 19830916051249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830916051249A), Sep 16, 1983: Piper PA18A (N7286D), Big Lake, AK, Substantial damage. Unable for a timely liftoff from a short grass strip. Aborted takeoff. Unable to stop on runway. Ran into bushes.
- [Accident 19760924035039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760924035039A), Sep 24, 1976: Piper PA18A (N7286D), Chitina, AK, Substantial damage. Tkof area abt 400FT.

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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