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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18-150 · Fairfield, PA · May 8, 1981

Date
May 8, 1981 · 13:30 local
Place
Fairfield, PA
Airport
Masa
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N82096
Reported as
Piper PA18150
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,995 total53 in this make and model0 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.

Pilot touched down at mid field,attempted to ground loop due to tail wind component too great for remaining runway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TOUCHED DOWN AT MID FIELD,ATTEMPTED TO GROUND LOOP DUE TO TAIL WIND COMPONENT TOO GREAT FOR REMAINING RUNWAY.

Other reports on N82096 · 2

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