# Accident 19810831063789A: Piper PA18, Homer, AK, August 31, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1981, 07:50 local time
- Place: Homer, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.6404° N, 151.5091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Homer, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.6404&lon=-151.5091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7513K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7513K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Reported engine: LYC O290D2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 625 total, 245 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81DAG89](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DAG89) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810831063789A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDING ON UNIMPROVED STRIP. WING STRUCK BRUSH CAUSING GOUND-LOOP AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 ANC81DAG89](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DAG89), Aug 31, 1981: Piper PA-18 (N7513K), Homer, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7513K (2)

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

- [Accident 19940925030729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940925030729A), Sep 25, 1994: Piper PA18 (N7513K), Galena, AK, Substantial damage. Crashed on landing. (-4)the pilot was landing on a gravel bar in a river at his hunting base camp. During the approach he noted that he would be landing with a…
- [Accident 19890930040699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890930040699A), Sep 30, 1989: Piper PA18 (N7513K), Iliamna, AK, Substantial damage. Blown over into trees after turning off runway in severe crosswind.

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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