19810729047309A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA18A · Bettles, AK · July 29, 1981

Date
July 29, 1981 · 12:40 local
Place
Bettles, AK
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1213A
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC81DAA21
Reported as
Piper PA18A
Reported engine
Lycoming O290D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
163 total4 in this make and model4 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.

Pilot attempted forced landing on road and crashed trying to avoid sign. Probable carb ice.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ATTEMPTED FORCED LANDING ON ROAD AND CRASHED TRYING TO AVOID SIGN. PROBABLE CARB ICE.

NTSB investigation

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