# Incident 19830307013609I: Piper PA18105, Sylva, NC, March 7, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1983, 15:23 local time
- Place: Sylva, NC
- Airport: Jackson County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3172° N, 83.2097° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JACKSON COUNTY (24A), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3172&lon=-83.2097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N323T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N323T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 105 (registry code 7101809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-105) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18105
- Reported engine: LYC O235C1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 257 total, 10 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830307013609I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT ON LANDING AND VEERED OFF RUNWAY INTO SOME IRREGULAR TERRAIN.

## Other reports on N323T (1)

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

- [Accident 19850901042219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850901042219A), Sep 1, 1985: Piper PA18105 (N323T), Hendersonville, NC, Substantial damage. Ran off side of runway as student froze on controls. Wing struck embankment after CFI cut power.

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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