# Incident 19800217026589I: Piper PA18150, Eureka, AK, February 17, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 1980, 17:00 local time
- Place: Eureka, AK
- Airport: Gunsight Mountain
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 65.1794° N, 150.2144° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eureka, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=65.1794&lon=-150.2144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4431Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4431Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 172 total, 44 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800217026589I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT LANDED ON PACKED SNOW RUNWAY, AND ON ROLLOUT LANDING GEAR DUG INTO SNOW.

## Other reports on N4431Z (3)

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

- [Incident 20110216004009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110216004009I), Feb 16, 2011: Piper PA-18-150 (N4431Z), German Valley, IL, Minor damage. [privacy data omitted], Pilot-in-command (PIC) of N4431Z, a PA-18-150, departed from sterling rock falls, (sqi) sterling, Illinois, enroute to albertus airport…
- [Accident 19900621021529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900621021529A), Jun 21, 1990: Piper STCPA18 (N4431Z), Big Lake, AK, Substantial damage. On test flight after 3 year rebuild engine quit. Struck ditch. Had run engine lengthy on ground without carb heat.
- [Accident 19860207002399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860207002399A), Feb 7, 1986: Piper PA18150 (N4431Z), Wasilla, AK, Substantial damage. Ski equipped aircraft inadvertently became airborne while taxiing on water covered ice. Lost control and hit trees.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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