# Accident 20170823013609A: Piper PA-18AS-125, Tyonek, AK, August 23, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2017, 22:45 local time
- Place: Tyonek, AK
- Airport: Kenai
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1944° N, 152.0275° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1944&lon=-152.0275&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1905A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18AS-125
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC17FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC17FA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170823013609A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES.  CRASH EVIDENCE SHOWS HIGH ANGLE IMPACT WITH TERRAIN.

## 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 ANC17FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC17FA049), Aug 24, 2017: Piper PA-18AS (N1905A), Tyonek, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The noninstrument-rated pilot's decision to initiate a visual flight rules flight into dark night, marginal visual flight rules to instrument flight rules conditions, which resulted in a loss of…

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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