What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Float struck sand bar on takeoff.
As the FAA filed it
FLOAT STRUCK SAND BAR ON TAKEOFF.
FAA incident report · Piper PA18 · Soldotna, AK · September 26, 1980
- Date
- September 26, 1980
- Place
- Soldotna, AK
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Aircraft
- N2878Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA18
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
N2878ZRegistration cancelled Jul 30, 2022 · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.