# Accident 19810118002479A: Piper J3C65, Long Lake, WI, January 18, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 1981, 16:00 local time
- Place: Long Lake, WI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8430° N, 88.6673° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Lake, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8430&lon=-88.6673&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1459N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1459N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J3C-65 (registry code 7100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j3c-65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J3C65
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81DER12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DER12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810118002479A

## Narrative

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

TAXIING ON FROZEN LAKE, TRIED TO TURN INTO SHORE TO AVOID PARKED VEHICLES. SKIS SLID ON ICY SURFACE, WING HIT TREE.

## 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 CHI81DER12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DER12), Jan 18, 1981: Piper J3C-65 (N1459N), Long Lake, WI, 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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