# Accident 19810409015539A: Piper PA18150, Ft Bridger, WY, April 9, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1981, 12:50 local time
- Place: Ft Bridger, WY
- Airport: Ft Bridger
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3933° N, 110.4060° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT BRIDGER (FBR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3933&lon=-110.4060&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6881B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Reported engine: LYC IO320B1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,207 total, 320 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FTC12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTC12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810409015539A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT EN ROUTE. SKIDDED OFF ROAD, LANDING IN SEVERE CROSSWIND. ENGINE OPERATED ON METHONAL.POSSIBLE CARB ICE.

## 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 DEN81FTC12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTC12), Apr 9, 1981: Piper PA-18 (N6881B), Ft Bridger, WY, 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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