# Accident 19800809035959A: Piper PA18150, Anchorage, AK, August 9, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1980, 14:00 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54190, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54190) (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: 123 total, 60 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DAG93](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG93) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800809035959A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTING GO-AROUND LOST CONTROL OF AIRPLANE AND CRASHED INTO PARKED AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ANC80DAG93](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG93), Aug 9, 1980: Piper PA-18 (N54190), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N54190 (2)

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

- [Incident 20200224002239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200224002239I), Feb 24, 2020: Piper PA-18-150 (N54190), Inverness, FL, Minor damage. On 24 feb 2020 around 1600 EST student pilot landed aircraft N54190 at inf airport and during roll out the aircraft started to side load, CFI took control of…
- [Accident 19760315005319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760315005319A), Mar 15, 1976: Piper PA18150 (N54190), Napoleon, ND, Substantial damage

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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