# Accident 20150131000802A: Piper PA-18, Wasilla, AK, January 31, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 2015, 13:05 local time
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5281° N, 149.6880° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5281&lon=-149.6880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78NR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78NR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC15FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC15FA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150131000802A

## Narrative

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

AT AN UNKNOWN TIME N78NR DEPARTED BIRCHWOOD AIRPORT (PABV) WITH INTENDED DESTINATION OF PERSONAL CABIN AT JOHNSON CREEK (ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF SKWENTNA)  AT APPROXIMATELY 1305 N78NR COLLIDED MIDAIR WITH N82735 NEAR SOUTH HOLLYWOOD AIRPORT (67AK).  N78NR'S RIGHT INBOARD WING WAS FOUND WITHIN 50 YARDS OF N78NR'S NEAR VERTICAL IMPACT POINT. THE OUTBOARD PORTION OF N78NR'S RIGHT WING WAS RESTING BENEATH AND INTERTWINED WITH N82735'S LEFT WING.  N82735'S PROPELLER HAD CUT THE RIGHT WING STRUTS OF N78NR AS AIRCRAFT COLLIDED.

N78NR 121.5 ELT DID ACTIVATE AND BROADCAST UNTIL SWITCHED OFF.  ELT AND ANTENNA REMAINED ATTACHED TO FUSELAGE.

PILOT IN HOSPITAL AND IN COMA.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N82735, Piper PA-18-150: [Accident 20150131000792A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150131000792A)

## 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 ANC15FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC15FA009), Jan 31, 2015: Piper PA18 (N78NR), Wasilla, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: Both pilots’ inadequate visual lookout and failure to see and avoid each other while in level cruise flight, which resulted in a midair collision. Contributing to the accident was the obscuration of…

## Other reports on N78NR (2)

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

- [Accident 20000624042589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000624042589A), Jun 24, 2000: Piper PA18 (N78NR), Skwenta, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On June 24, 2000 at about 1100 adt, a wheel equipped Piper PA-18 registered to and piloted by jeff b. bara was involved in an accident on an unnamed…
- [Incident 19950216008539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950216008539I), Feb 16, 1995: Piper PA18 (N78NR), Iliamna, AK, Minor damage. Narrative: the pilot of PA-18, N78NR indicated that he was performing a takeoff from the frozen tundra, when the right ski kicked down and caught on a small…

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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