# Accident 19810515027299A: Piper PA22160, Fairbanks, AK, May 15, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1981, 19:00 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8378° N, 147.7164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairbanks, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8378&lon=-147.7164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3100Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3100Z-2013-09-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-160 (registry code 7102214, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22160
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 272 total, 248 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81FAA14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FAA14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810515027299A

## Narrative

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

GROUND-LOOPED LANDING IN LIGHT CROSSWIND.

## 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 ANC81FAA14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FAA14), May 15, 1981: Piper PA-22 (N3100Z), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3100Z (2)

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

- [Accident 19980828022479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980828022479A), Aug 28, 1998: Piper PA22160 (N3100Z), Arctic Village, AK, Substantial damage. Acft crashed on landing. (-23)on 8/29/98 the pilot david paul poppe, was approaching to land at an unimproved gravel bar landing strip that was approx. 8-900…
- [Accident 19880323007909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880323007909A), Mar 23, 1988: Piper PA22160 (N3100Z), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Collided with a snowbank and flipped inverted while landing on a snow covered frozen lake.

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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