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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA18135 · North Pole, AK · August 25, 1981

Date
August 25, 1981 · 15:30 local
Place
North Pole, AK
Airport
Harding Lake
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1472C
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC81FAA27
Reported as
Piper PA18135
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
900 total185 in this make and model203 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Support holding brake cylinder and pedal broke on landing. Ground looped to avoid going off end of runway.

As the FAA filed it

SUPPORT HOLDING BRAKE CYLINDER AND PEDAL BROKE ON LANDING. GROUND LOOPED TO AVOID GOING OFF END OF RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

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