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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA18A · Beluga, AK · September 11, 1979

Date
September 11, 1979 · 08:30 local
Place
Beluga, AK
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8066C
Reported as
Piper PA18A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
400 total350 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.

During takeoff on damp soft turf aircraft struck hammock, became airborne,came down on soft spot, nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

DURING TAKEOFF ON DAMP SOFT TURF AIRCRAFT STRUCK HAMMOCK, BECAME AIRBORNE,CAME DOWN ON SOFT SPOT, NOSED OVER.

Other reports on N8066C · 1

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