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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18-150 · North Pole, AK · September 14, 1992

Date
September 14, 1992 · 15:30 local
Place
North Pole, AK
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3692Z
Reported as
Piper PA18150
Reported engine
Lycoming O320A2B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total1,000 in this make and model5 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.

Failed become airorne from a gravel bar,nosed over in slushy snow into river. Failed to remove snow from wings.

As the FAA filed it

FAILED BECOME AIRORNE FROM A GRAVEL BAR,NOSED OVER IN SLUSHY SNOW INTO RIVER. FAILED TO REMOVE SNOW FROM WINGS.