# Accident 19811001064469A: Piper PA18150, Iliamna, AK, October 1, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 1981, 18:53 local time
- Place: Iliamna, AK
- Airport: Iliamna
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.7556° N, 154.9178° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ILIAMNA (ILI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.7556&lon=-154.9178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9109D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9109D-2012-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 800 in this make and model, 270 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC82DAG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DAG02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811001064469A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF AND AIRCRAFT HIT DITCH OFF SIDE 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 ANC82DAG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DAG02), Oct 1, 1981: Piper PA-18 (N9109D), Iliamna, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9109D (3)

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

- [Accident 19860913082069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860913082069A), Sep 13, 1986: Piper PA18150 (N9109D), Port Alsworth, AK, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Aircraft missing. Weather reported marginally VFR. Pilot under treatment for hypertension. Was 360 lbs over gross. (-23) on September 13, 1986, at an estimated…
- [Incident 19850929069769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850929069769I), Sep 29, 1985: Piper PA18150 (N9109D), Sparrevohn, AK, Minor damage. Engine sputtered during approach due to water in fuel. Aircraft struck some brush damaging wing strut.
- [Accident 19751008037959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751008037959A), Oct 8, 1975: Piper PA18150 (N9109D), Iliamna, AK, Substantial damage. Acft heavy.

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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