# Accident 19960421008019A: Piper PA28180, Wasilla, AK, April 21, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1996, 12:50 local time
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Airport: Anderson Lake Strip Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.6169° N, 149.3215° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.6169&lon=-149.3215&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8873J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8873J-2014-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A3A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 762 total, 25 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC96LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96LA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960421008019A

## Narrative

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

TRIED DEPART PRIVATE STRIP. BELEIVED ENGINE NOTSE. ABORTED. OVERRAN END INTO ALDER TREES. SHEARED NOSE GEAR.

## 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 ANC96LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96LA054), Apr 21, 1996: Piper PA-28 (N8873J), Wasilla, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's delay in aborting the takeoff.

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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