# Incident 19810508030739I: Piper PA18150, Fairfield, PA, May 8, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1981, 13:30 local time
- Place: Fairfield, PA
- Airport: Masa
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7890° N, 77.3698° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairfield, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7890&lon=-77.3698&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82096, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82096) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,995 total, 53 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810508030739I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20000304003319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000304003319I), Mar 4, 2000: Piper PA18150 (N82096), Frederick, MD, Minor damage. After making a whell landing on grass runway 12 at Frederick airport, the pilot commended a tail-hig, wheeel taxi. The propellar struck the surface causing…
- [Accident 19981219044559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981219044559A), Dec 19, 1998: Piper PA18150 (N82096), Fairfield, PA, Substantial damage. (.19) On December 19, 1998, at 1430 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-18-150, N82096, was substantially damage after a loss of power and subsequent forced…

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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