# Accident 19840929056899A: Piper PA18S, Wasilla, AK, September 29, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 1984, 21:15 local time
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Airport: Jackfish Landing
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5415° N, 149.4607° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JACK FISH LANDING (7AK4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5415&lon=-149.4607&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1260A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18S
- Reported engine: LYC O290D2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,692 total, 278 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC84FA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84FA194) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840929056899A

## Narrative

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

ATTEMPTED LANDING AT AIRPORT OBSCURED BY FOG. STRUCK TREES WHILE CIRCLING AIRPORT.

## 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 ANC84FA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84FA194), Sep 30, 1984: Piper PA-18 (N1260A), Wasilla, AK, substantial 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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