# Accident 19800806037799A: Piper PA18150, Mesa, AZ, August 6, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1980, 11:38 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82016, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82016) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,276 total, 3 in this make and model, 169 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FUJ90](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUJ90) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800806037799A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT LOST CONTROL AND INSTRUCTOR ACTED TOO LATE TO PREVENT LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF.

## 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 LAX80FUJ90](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUJ90), Aug 6, 1980: Piper PA-18 (N82016), Mesa, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N82016 (4)

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

- [Accident 20251015016559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251015016559A), Oct 15, 2025: Piper PA-18-150 (N82016), Reserve, LA, Substantial damage. Pilot was performing full stop landing practice, on grass strip. During the fourth landing, he inadvertently applied the brakes prior to the tail wheel making…
- [Accident 20120902019829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120902019829A), Sep 2, 2012: Piper PA-18-150 (N82016), Deadhorse, AK, Substantial damage. Accident occured 1234 LCL time. Wx at scc @1153LCL was pasc 021953Z 06016KTS10SM OVC023 06/03 A2978 rmk A02 SLP085 T00560028NOTE: accident occured about 100 sm…
- [Incident 19821015061869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821015061869I), Oct 15, 1982: Piper PA18150 (N82016), Chandler, AZ, Minor damage. Lost control on landing roll, ran off into a ditch. Report wind gust caught aircraft. Five knot crosswind.
- [Accident 19820501013469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820501013469A), May 1, 1982: Piper PA18150 (N82016), Chandler, AZ, Substantial damage. Pilot claims whirlwind caught airplane and turned it into an irrigation ditch during roll out.

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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