# Accident 19810817050319A: Piper PA18A150, Kotzebue, AK, August 17, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1981, 16:30 local time
- Place: Kotzebue, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 66.8868° N, 162.4917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kotzebue, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.8868&lon=-162.4917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5976D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5976D-1984-07-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18A 150 (registry code 7101837, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 929 total, 862 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81FAA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FAA26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810817050319A

## Narrative

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

WING STRUCK TREES ON EDGE OF GRAVEL BAR WHILE LANDING. CAUSED AIRPLANE TO GROUND-LOOP.

## 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 ANC81FAA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FAA26), Aug 17, 1981: Piper PA-18 (N5976D), Kotzebue, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5976D (1)

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

- [Accident 19840312007029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840312007029A), Mar 12, 1984: Piper PA18A150 (N5976D), Galena, AK, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Aircraft crashed during low level hunting trip.

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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