# Accident 19940904024949A: Piper PA18, Gulkana, AK, September 4, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1994, 17:05 local time
- Place: Gulkana, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.1002° N, 145.5292° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.1002&lon=-145.5292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7867D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7867D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC94FA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC94FA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940904024949A

## Narrative

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

CLIPPED TOP EDGE OF GLACIER AND CRASHED INTO A CREEK BEYOND GLACIER. PASSENGER UNABLE RECALL FLIGHT PRIOR ACCIDENT.

## 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 ANC94FA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC94FA130), Sep 5, 1994: Piper PA-18 (N7867D), Gulkana, AK, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CLEARANCE FROM TERRAIN.

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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