# Accident 19810328012759A: Piper PA28151, Minchumina, AK, March 28, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1981, 19:00 local time
- Place: Minchumina, AK
- Airport: Minchumina
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 63.8860° N, 152.3018° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MINCHUMINA (MHM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.8860&lon=-152.3018&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43503, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N43503-2015-11-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 311 total, 311 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81DA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810328012759A

## Narrative

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

LANDED ON SNOW-COVERED RUNWAY. NOSE WHEEL HIT SNOW-RIDGE AND COLLAPSED.

## 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 ANC81DA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DA038), Mar 28, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N43503), Minchumina, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N43503 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20150701010609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150701010609A), Jul 1, 2015: Piper PA-28-151 (N43503), Hillsville, VA, Destroyed. Twin County Airport, Hillsville, VA(hlx): N43503, a PA28, crashed in a field, 200 feet short of runway 19. The local authorities responded and reported the…

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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