# Incident 19860808055939I: Piper PA18135, Sutton, AK, August 8, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1986, 16:00 local time
- Place: Sutton, AK
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.7114° N, 148.8942° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sutton, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.7114&lon=-148.8942&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9950Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9950Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-135 (registry code 7101820, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18135
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total, 0 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860808055939I

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN GEAR FELL IN HOLE WHILE TAXIING ON A PRIVATE STRIP.

## Other reports on N9950Q (2)

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

- [Accident 20080908850779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080908850779A), Sep 8, 2008: Piper PA18135 (N9950Q), Substantial damage. (-23) The airman said that the site was slightly uphill, and that after becoming airborne, he attempted to increase airspeed by "dropping flaps, and lowering…
- [Accident 20050812023329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050812023329A), Aug 12, 2005: Piper PA18135 (N9950Q), Chandalar Lake, AK, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] landed at your creek, AK. Aircraft landed long, and overran landing surface into muskeg, and overnosed. Slight damage to…

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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