# Accident 19810315047129A: Piper PA18A, Fairbanks, AK, March 15, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1981, 14:35 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8378° N, 147.7164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairbanks, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8378&lon=-147.7164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8570D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8570D-2013-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-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 PA18A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,950 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810315047129A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 ANC81FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FA033), Mar 15, 1981: Piper PA-18A (N8570D), Fairbanks, AK, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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