# Accident 19810531038839A: Piper PA18105SPEC, Opa Locka, FL, May 31, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1981, 11:15 local time
- Place: Opa Locka, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9000° N, 80.2552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Opa-locka, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9000&lon=-80.2552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N197T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N197T-2020-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-105 SPECIAL (registry code 7101808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-105-special) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18105SPEC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 172 total, 96 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81FKT49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FKT49) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810531038839A

## Narrative

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

GROUND LOOPED TAIL WHEEL TYPE ARPLANE ON LANDING.

## 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 MIA81FKT49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FKT49), May 31, 1981: Piper PA-18 (N197T), Opalocka, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N197T (1)

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

- [Accident 20070726014029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070726014029A), Jul 26, 2007: Piper PA18105SPEC (N197T), Kansas City, MO, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] was instructing [privacy data omitted] on landing in the tailwheel airplane. They agreed on downwind that the pilot…

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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