# Accident 19810825051639A: Piper PA18135, North Pole, AK, August 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1981, 15:30 local time
- Place: North Pole, AK
- Airport: Harding Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.7527° N, 147.3627° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Pole, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.7527&lon=-147.3627&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1472C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18135
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 185 in this make and model, 203 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81FAA27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FAA27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810825051639A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 ANC81FAA27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FAA27), Aug 25, 1981: Piper PA-18 (N1472C), Harding Lake, AK, 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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