# Accident 19891022042049A: Piper PA18A150, Port Heiden, AK, October 22, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1989, 12:00 local time
- Place: Port Heiden, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 56.9326° N, 158.6250° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Heiden, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.9326&lon=-158.6250&mi=10
- Aircraft: N847DG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18A150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 300 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC90LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891022042049A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED WHILE MANEUVERING AT 100 FEET AGL. LOST CONTROL IN STEEP TURN AND DESCENDED ONTO A BEACH AREA.

## 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 ANC90LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC90LA007), Oct 22, 1989: Piper PA-18 (N847DG), Port Heiden, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN OF THE AIRCRAFT WHILE MANEUVERING.

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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