# Accident 19800308006269A: Piper PA18150, San Rafael, CA, March 8, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 1980, 12:15 local time
- Place: San Rafael, CA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9810° N, 122.5069° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Rafael, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9810&lon=-122.5069&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82454, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N82454-1985-09-05) (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: 1,500 total, 150 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DVD13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVD13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800308006269A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF TAIL WHEEL TYPE AIRPLANE ON LANDING ROLL. VEERED OFF RUNWAY INTO A DITCH.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX80DVD13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVD13), Mar 8, 1980: Piper PA-18 (N82454), San Rafael, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N82454 (1)

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

- [Accident 19840521023112A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840521023112A), May 21, 1984: Piper PA18150 (N82454), Platinum, AK, Destroyed. Aircraft collided with N4798U while circling in a group of aircraft in a fish spotting operation.

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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