# Accident 19840507017409A: Piper PA20, Ester, AK, May 7, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1984, 14:07 local time
- Place: Ester, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8472° N, 148.0144° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ester, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8472&lon=-148.0144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7763K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7763K-2014-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20
- Reported engine: LYC O290D2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 998 total, 887 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC84LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840507017409A

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED OVERFLOW LANDING A SKI EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT ON A SNOW COVERED FROZEN RIVER. TEMPERATURE ABOVE FREEZING.

## 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 ANC84LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA062), May 8, 1984: Piper PA-20 (N7763K), Ester, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7763K (1)

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

- [Accident 20110817018139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110817018139A), Aug 17, 2011: Piper PA-20 (N7763K), Beluga, AK, Substantial damage. The student pilot carrying a passenger, of a PA-20 aircraft, N7763K at the time of accident, did not properly evaluate the takeoff path. There was a slight…

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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