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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper J5A · Fairbanks, AK · August 17, 1983

Date
August 17, 1983 · 18:30 local
Place
Fairbanks, AK
Airport
Metro
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N28144
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC83LA148
Reported as
Piper J5A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
76 total6 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Lost control on landing. Ran off the runway into parked aircraft. Came to rest nose down in water of seaplane base.

As the FAA filed it

LOST CONTROL ON LANDING. RAN OFF THE RUNWAY INTO PARKED AIRCRAFT. CAME TO REST NOSE DOWN IN WATER OF SEAPLANE BASE.

NTSB investigation

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