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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA18 · Port Alsworth, AK · January 27, 1979

Date: January 27, 1979 · 10:00 local
Place: Port Alsworth, AK
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4301Z
Reported as: Piper PA18
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,400 total2,200 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N4301ZRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150S/N 18-8609 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 took off from snow covered lake, one ski broke through snow and ice.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TOOK OFF FROM SNOW COVERED LAKE, ONE SKI BROKE THROUGH SNOW AND ICE.

Other reports on N4301Z · 1

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

Accident 19830807046679AHope, AKCrashed in a wooded area. Pilot uncooperative. No license or medical. Aircraft removed from site without approval.Aug 7, 1983 · Substantial damage