# Accident 19810222005019A: Piper PA18150, Eureka, AK, February 22, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 1981, 09:00 local time
- Place: Eureka, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 65.1794° N, 150.2144° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eureka, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=65.1794&lon=-150.2144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2413H (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 14,000 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81DAG27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DAG27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810222005019A

## Narrative

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

WENT OVER EDGE OF RAVINE WHILE TAXIING ON A GLACIER. BECAME AIRBORNE, BUT STALLED TRYING TO FLY OUT OF RAVINE.

## 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 ANC81DAG27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DAG27), Feb 22, 1981: Piper PA-18 (N2413H), Eureka, AK, 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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