# Accident 19860207002399A: Piper PA18150, Wasilla, AK, February 7, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 1986, 10:22 local time
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Airport: Finger Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.6092° N, 149.2635° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FINGER LAKE (99Z), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.6092&lon=-149.2635&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4431Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4431Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 408 total, 408 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC86LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86LA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860207002399A

## Narrative

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

SKI EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT INADVERTENTLY BECAME AIRBORNE WHILE TAXIING ON WATER COVERED ICE. LOST CONTROL AND HIT TREES.

## 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 ANC86LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86LA024), Feb 7, 1986: Piper PA-18 (N4431Z), Wasilla, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4431Z (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20110216004009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110216004009I), Feb 16, 2011: Piper PA-18-150 (N4431Z), German Valley, IL, Minor damage. [privacy data omitted], Pilot-in-command (PIC) of N4431Z, a PA-18-150, departed from sterling rock falls, (sqi) sterling, Illinois, enroute to albertus airport…
- [Accident 19900621021529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900621021529A), Jun 21, 1990: Piper STCPA18 (N4431Z), Big Lake, AK, Substantial damage. On test flight after 3 year rebuild engine quit. Struck ditch. Had run engine lengthy on ground without carb heat.
- [Incident 19800217026589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800217026589I), Feb 17, 1980: Piper PA18150 (N4431Z), Eureka, AK, Minor damage. Pilot landed on packed snow runway, and on rollout landing gear dug into snow.

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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