19790513026759I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Dillingham, AK · May 13, 1979

Date
May 13, 1979 · 15:00 local
Place
Dillingham, AK
Airport
Queen Fisheries
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3891Z
Reported as
Piper PA18150
Reported engine
Lycoming O320A2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,600 total600 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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.

Engine lost power after takeoff. Flipped over after landing in tundra. Unable to duplicate engine problem.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER AFTER TAKEOFF. FLIPPED OVER AFTER LANDING IN TUNDRA. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE ENGINE PROBLEM.