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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA18 · Homer, AK · August 30, 1979

Date
August 30, 1979 · 19:00 local
Place
Homer, AK
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9213Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC79DAH11
Reported as
Piper PA18
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
300 total25 in this make and model20 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.

Attempted water takeoff in river, bounced off sand bar,stalled into trees on shore.

As the FAA filed it

ATTEMPTED WATER TAKEOFF IN RIVER, BOUNCED OFF SAND BAR,STALLED INTO TREES ON SHORE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.