19790113001749I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA18 · Park Valley, UT · January 13, 1979

Date: January 13, 1979 · 16:00 local
Place: Park Valley, UT
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4054Z
Reported as: Piper PA18
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,000 total1,600 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N4054ZRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150S/N 18-8059 · Built 1963 Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot ground looped aircraft while attempting a takeoff from a snow covered short dirt road.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT GROUND LOOPED AIRCRAFT WHILE ATTEMPTING A TAKEOFF FROM A SNOW COVERED SHORT DIRT ROAD.