- Date
- June 15, 1981
- Place
- Copper Center, AK · COPPER CENTER, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3183ZPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810615035479A
- Case key
- 125797
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1806 81/6/15 NR.COPPER CENTER,AK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 140 TIME - 0630 N3183Z PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALMER,AK MI 51 RICHARDSON HWY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- R WING STRUCK A BANK NR EDGE OF NARROW ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3183Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3183ZRegistered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3183Z · 1
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