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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA18A · Fairbanks, AK · March 15, 1981

Date
March 15, 1981 · 14:35 local
Place
Fairbanks, AK
Phase of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8570D
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC81FA033
Reported as
Piper PA18A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
4,950 total1,100 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Indicates a stall possibly precipitated by steep low-altitude turn while viewing other wreckage. Was over gross.

As the FAA filed it

INDICATES A STALL POSSIBLY PRECIPITATED BY STEEP LOW-ALTITUDE TURN WHILE VIEWING OTHER WRECKAGE. WAS OVER GROSS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.