# Accident 19810525028639A: Piper PA18135, Round Pond, ME, May 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1981, 15:30 local time
- Place: Round Pond, ME
- Airport: Allagash River
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9479° N, 69.4612° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Round Pond, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9479&lon=-69.4612&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1367C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1367C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-135 (registry code 7101820, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18135
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 200 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81DNC12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81DNC12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810525028639A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF INTO HEAVY RAIN SQUALL AND AIRCRAFT CRASHED WHEN PILOT ATTEMPTED TURN AWAY FROM WEATHER.

## 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 NYC81DNC12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81DNC12), May 25, 1981: Piper PA-18 (N1367C), Allagash River, ME, 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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