N78NR

Accidents and incidents (NTSB)

From the US National Transportation Safety Board’s aviation accident database. Each record links to its official docket.

• Jan 31, 2015 · Wasilla, AK

  Accident · Serious injuries · Substantial damage

  Enroute Midair collision

  Probable cause (NTSB): 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 the pilot’s visibility due to sun glare. 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 the other pilot’s visibility due to sun glare.

  NTSB docket ANC15FA009

• Jun 24, 2000 · SKWENTNA, AK

  Accident · No injuries · Substantial damage

  Probable cause (NTSB): The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. Factors in the accident were the presence of a tailwind, the pilot's inadvertent touchdown, and a short landing area bordered by high vegetation.

  NTSB docket ANC00LA079

Source: National Transportation Safety Board, public domain.

On the US register

N78NR is one of 478 Piper PA-18 aircraft on the US civil register, built between 1949 and 1977.

Counted by Voydar from the FAA registry.

Other Piper PA-18 aircraft

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• N1023A · 1951
• N102LW · 1955
• N1041A · 1951
• N1045A · 1951