19790525027739I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA18 · Moab, UT · May 25, 1979

Date
May 25, 1979 · 18:05 local
Place
Moab, UT
Airport
Canyon Land
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N333GH
Reported as
Piper PA18
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,230 total150 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.

Pilot allowed aircraft to strike dirt mound after takeoff, aircraft flipped over.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO STRIKE DIRT MOUND AFTER TAKEOFF, AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER.