# Accident 19750810025399A: Piper PA18150, Nondalton, AK, August 10, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1975
- Place: Nondalton, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 59.9744° N, 154.8636° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nondalton, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.9744&lon=-154.8636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4302Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4302Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 81 total, 12 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC7LDAG26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC7LDAG26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750810025399A

## Narrative

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

FAST STEP TURN BFOR SHORT TKOF.L FLOAT RAISED,PLT TRIED TO BRING FLOAT DWN.ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE.

## 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 ANC7LDAG26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC7LDAG26), Aug 10, 1975: Piper PA-18 (N4302Z), Nondalton, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4302Z (1)

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

- [Incident 20111108025989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111108025989I), Nov 8, 2011: Piper PA-18-150 (N4302Z), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. A PA-18-150, on taxi out for takeoff onto Lake Hood, the aircraft broke through the snow covered lake ice and was partially submerged. Propeller damage shows…

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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