# Accident 19840913051029A: Piper PA11, Tasnuna Valley, AK, September 13, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1984, 06:00 local time
- Place: Tasnuna Valley, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N4801M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4801M-2012-06-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-11 (registry code 7101102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA11
- Reported engine: LYC O235C1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,124 total, 1,124 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC84LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA178) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840913051029A

## Narrative

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

CIRCLED MOOSE AT LOW ALTITUDE AND AIRSPEED. AIRCRAFT STALLED, IMPACTED GROUND.

## 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 ANC84LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA178), Sep 13, 1984: Piper PA-11 (N4801M), Tasnuna Valley, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4801M (2)

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

- [Incident 19840630057049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840630057049I), Jun 30, 1984: Piper PA11 (N4801M), Valdez, AK, Minor damage. Heard clunk on takeoff from a tundra field. Left main gear attachment bracket failed. Ground looped landing.
- [Incident 19780627035449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780627035449I), Jun 27, 1978: Piper PA11 (N4801M), Northway, AK, Minor damage. Pilot struck an object in the water during takeoff, elected land landing due to possible float damage. Minor damage

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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