# Accident 19800516016749A: Piper PA18150, Dillingham, AK, May 16, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1980, 12:15 local time
- Place: Dillingham, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.0397° N, 158.4575° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dillingham, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.0397&lon=-158.4575&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82962, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82962) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 175 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DAG55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG55) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800516016749A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUST LIFTED AIRPLANE DURING BEACH LANDING ROLL. TRIED TO GO AROUND, DRIFTED INTO A CLIFF ON CLIMBOUT.

## 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 ANC80DAG55](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG55), May 16, 1980: Piper PA-18 (N82962), Dillingham, AK, destroyed

## Other reports on N82962 (1)

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

- [Accident 20000814009509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000814009509A), Aug 14, 2000: Piper PA18150 (N82962), No damage. (-23) Pilot made a low approach to a unimproved landing strip on the sheenjek river, Alaska. He dragged his tires on the runway and then attempted to depart…

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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