- Date
- September 5, 1981
- Place
- Soldotna, AK · SOLDOTNA, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N83508Piper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report March 4, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810905055509A
- Case key
- 124182
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3392 81/9/5 SOLDOTNA,AK PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 1300 TIME - 1700 N83508 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - UNION LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SOLDOTNA,AK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED ACFT CRASH LNDD ON TUNDRA AFTER TKOF FM LAKE,CTCD ELEVATED GRAVEL ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83508
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Union Lake
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N83508 · 1
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