# Accident 19800705025599A: Piper PA18150, Iliamna, AK, July 5, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1980, 12:20 local time
- Place: Iliamna, AK
- Airport: Roadhouse
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.7568° N, 154.9111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Iliamna, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.7568&lon=-154.9111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83351 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 502 total, 377 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DAG72](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG72) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800705025599A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON TAKEOFF. CIRCLED BACK. HIT GROUND ON EDGE OF STRIP. FOUND WATER IN FUEL.

## 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 ANC80DAG72](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG72), Jul 5, 1980: Piper PA-18 (N83351), Iliamna, AK, destroyed

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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