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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA18 · Port Alsworth, AK · September 23, 1983

Date
September 23, 1983 · 08:30 local
Place
Port Alsworth, AK
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3873Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC83LA184
Reported as
Piper PA18
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,114 total1,016 in this make and model376 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.

Pilot was maneuvering aircraft close to ground when turbulence caused wing to dig in and cartwheel aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS MANEUVERING AIRCRAFT CLOSE TO GROUND WHEN TURBULENCE CAUSED WING TO DIG IN AND CARTWHEEL AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

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