19810514026419A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18A · Moab, UT · May 14, 1981

Date
May 14, 1981 · 14:00 local
Place
Moab, UT
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8481D
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN81DTM24
Reported as
Piper PA18A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,800 total8 in this make and model22 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.

Landed on dirt strip at oilwell. Struck by gusty crosswin d, lost control, crashed.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED ON DIRT STRIP AT OILWELL. STRUCK BY GUSTY CROSSWIN D, LOST CONTROL, CRASHED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.